Interview with Floyd Smith, February 16, 1987

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

Interview Summary

served with Battery K-- 59th Coast Artillery in the Philippines; discusses Japanese shelling of Corregidor; Japanese airplanes bombing and straffing Corregidor; talks about manning a searchlight to draw Japanese fire and expose gun positions-- impressions of Americans who surrender at Bataan-- landing of the Japanese on Corregidor-- surrendering to the Japanese; describes experiences as a prisoner of war - marching to Manilla-- train voyage to Cabanatuan-- ship voyage to Japan-- working in various Japanese camps - Tanagawa-- (Aomi?)-- (Shinagawa?) Hospital Camp; talks about receiving supplies from American airplanes-- repatriation

Interview Accession

1987oh027_ww072

Interviewee Name

Floyd Smith

Interviewer Name

Arthur L. Kelly

Interview Date

1987-02-16

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Smith, Floyd Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 16 Feb. 1987. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Smith, F. (1987, February 16). Interview by A. L. Kelly. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Smith, Floyd, interview by Arthur L. Kelly. February 16, 1987, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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