Raymond E. Forsythe Wake Island scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS 0828
Content Description
The scrapbook contains drawings, news clippings and other paper materials concerning Raymond Forsythe’s time in POW camps throughout Japanese held areas and Japan during World War II.
Dates
- Creation: 1941-1947
Biographical
A civilian engineer for Contractors, Pacific Naval Air Bases on Wake Island, Forsythe became a prisoner of the Japanese forces when the island surrendered on December 23, 1941, and remained in prison camps in China and Japan until September 1945. After the war, Forsythe worked for the Veterans Administration in Boise, Idaho.
Extent
1 Items : 1 scrapbook.
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Idaho State Archives Manuscript Collections Repository