Interview of Edna Emily Miller on her experience as a prisoner of war in Philippines during WWII and teaching at U.S. Army schools in occupied Japan

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Description:

Edna Miller talks about her work as a teacher in the city of Baguio, Philippines beginning in August 1941 and being interned as a prisoner of war in a camp in the mountains outside of Manila after the Japanese invasion. Miller discusses the conditions in the camp, the prisoner's diet, holding makeshift church services, the behavior of the Japanese guards and her fellow prisoners. After the camp was liberated in 1944, Miller says that she decided to stay in the Philippines and joined the American Red Cross and then after the war ended, took a job with the U.S. Army teaching soldiers until 1947 when she left Manila for the states. Miller, who later taught in Army schools in occupied Japan, says that she has no regrets about her overseas experiences, despite the hardships and that her greatest thrill was meeting General Douglas MacArthur when her POW camp was liberated. Miller is interviewed by Evelyn McHiggins.

Date Issued:

1984-06-30T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

United States, Philippines, Philippines, Japan, Japan, Japan, and Philippines

Subject Topic:

Prisoners of war, Prisoners of war, Teachers, Foreign, Teachers, Foreign, World War, 1939-1945, Prisoners and prisons, Japanese, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, War work, Red Cross, Military post schools, American, Teaching, and Teaching

Subject Name:

Miller, Edna Emily and American National Red Cross

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5439m