Louis Goldblum Oral History transcript
Scope and Contents
Lt. Louis Goldbrum (U.S. Army, 1941-1947) was assigned to the 1st Aircraft Warning Company as the company photographer. This collection contains an oral history transcript where he discusses the evacuation of Bague, Philippines, where he was stationed, following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. He was captured by the Japanese and remained a POW until January 1945.
Dates
- Created: 1941-1947
- Other: Majority of material found in 1944
- Other: Date acquired: 01/28/2004
Creator
- Goldblum, Louis (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical or Historical Information
In the transcript, Louis Goldblum recounts his interactions with the natives and the combat that he saw while he remained in the Philippines. He was captured by the Japanese and marched to the port of Manila in July of 1943 for transport to mainland Japan as slave labor. He comments on living conditions of the POWs in Kyushu and Omuta, where his hand was crushed working in the coal mines. He continued to work and was treated by another POW. In January of 1945, he awoke one morning and the camp was abandoned.In February of 1942, Goldblum was given a battlefield commission and assigned to the 121st Infantry and engaged the Japanese at Aparri in northeast Luzon. He spent time in various hospitals before his discharge in April of 1947.
Extent
1.00 folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement Note
creator
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Source of Acquisition
Louis Goldblum
Method of Acquisition
donation
- John Hay Internment Camp (Baguio, Philippines) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kyūshū Region (Japan)--History Subject Source: Local sources
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Prisoners of war--Asia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army
- United States. Army Ground Forces Subject Source: Lcnaf
- United States. Army--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army--Military life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 121st Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Luzon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Manila Subject Source: Local sources
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Louis Goldblum Oral History transcript
- Author
- Craig Whittington
- Date
- 03/06/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
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