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WW2 POW Interviews: Chaplain Leslie Zimmerman, Alvin James Aubuchon, Alcide Silvio "Bull" Benini, Col. Robert C. Gaskill, Camp No 3, Sendai Area, Northern Honshu, Japan, 09/12/1945

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Poster for WW2 POW Interviews: Chaplain Leslie Zimmerman, Alvin James Aubuchon, Alcide Silvio "Bull" Benini, Col. Robert C. Gaskill, Camp No 3, Sendai Area, Northern Honshu, Japan, 09/12/1945

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Interviews of POWs in Sendai Camp #3 . Has sound. First man, a chaplain, Leslie Zimmerman of Seattle, Washington, describes treatment during Bataan Death March and in Japan as a POW. Second man, PFC. Alvin James Aubuchon from St. Louis, Missouri, was captured on Corregidor. He describes treatment by the Japanese in the POW camps. Mentions a fellow POW named Bingham who was burned by Japanese officer. Third POW interviewee is PFC Alcide "Bull" Benini from Acosta, Pennsylvania & he talks about his treatment. (He went on to become the first USAF Combat Controller .) Fourth man, Colonel Robert C. Gaskin was the ranking officer of the camp and from San Antonio, Texas but the reel runs out. No National Archives description. National Archives Identifier: 19080 listed as Interview Of POWs, POW Camp No. 3, Sendai Area, Northern Honshu, Japan, 09/12/1945 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks.

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United States. Army

Subjects

WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, Gaskill, Robert C., World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Bataan (Province), Aubuchon, Alvin James, World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners And Prisons, Japanese, Benini, Alcide S. (Silvio), Zimmerman, Leslie

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