Scope and Contents Poole (b. 1918) recalls his childhood in Salt Lake City. He attended West High and was involved in the ROTC program. He volunteered for the Army Air Corps in August 1940 and was sent to the Philippines after training. When the war began his unit fought for four months before being taken prisoner by the Japanese. He survived the Bataan Death March and was in prison camps prior to being sent to Moji, Japan, to work in a steel mill. After the war ended, he was evacuated on the ship and made his...