Addendum to 1982 Interview with Homer James "Jim" Colman

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Homer Colman talks about his family genealogy and his family’s history on the Western Slope of Colorado. He clarifies aspects of his earlier 1982 interview with the Mesa County Oral History Project, including his survival of near starvation conditions in Bataan, what he perceives as the failures of the US military’s War Plan Orange, his criticism of General Douglas MacArthur, the bombing of US military installations in the Philippines that followed shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Bataan. He also corrects his earlier assertions about the number of Filipinos and Americans who died during the Bataan Death March, in which Colman was forced to take part. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from the yearbook of West High School in Salt Lake City

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Title: Addendum to 1982 Interview with Homer James "Jim" Colman
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Subject: Genealogy and local history, Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942, World War (1939-1945) -- Pacific Area, United States. Army -- Officers, Western Slope (Colo.) -- History, Local, MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964, World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies, Philippines -- History -- 1898-1946, World War (1939-1945) -- Japan, Prisoners of War -- American, Veterans -- United States, Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942, Filipinos
Description: Homer Colman talks about his family genealogy and his family’s history on the Western Slope of Colorado. He clarifies aspects of his earlier 1982 interview with the Mesa County Oral History Project, including his survival of near starvation conditions in Bataan, what he perceives as the failures of the US military’s War Plan Orange, his criticism of General Douglas MacArthur, the bombing of US military installations in the Philippines that followed shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and the Battle of Bataan. He also corrects his earlier assertions about the number of Filipinos and Americans who died during the Bataan Death March, in which Colman was forced to take part. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from the yearbook of West High School in Salt Lake City
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Date: October 8, 1982-, November 17, 2022
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (30:24) digitized from source material (Interview 564: Audiocassette 1); +1 transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1731, : OH 561 Colman, Homer James
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Language: English
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Addendum to 1982 Interview with Homer James "Jim" Colman

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