Rodney Kephart: Fukuoka Camp, Japan, World War II

Authors

Rodney P. Kephart

Interviewers

Elmer Lian

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

8-19-1997

Abstract

Oral history interview with Rodney Kephart, a civilian contractor taken prisoner by the Japanese Army following the surrender of Wake Island on 23 December 1941. He was imprisoned at Fukuoka Camp 18 in Japan and was liberated following the Japanese surrender in August 1945.

Rodney P. Kephart was born on 3 July 1917 in Spencer, Iowa. He was an ordained Episcopal priest and died on 5 February 2002 in Stanley, North Dakota.

Recommended Citation

Rodney P. Kephart. "Rodney Kephart: Fukuoka Camp, Japan, World War II" (1997). Kriegieland: Conversations with Ex-POWs. 32.
https://commons.und.edu/kriegieland-conversations/32

File Type

.mp4

Recording Length

1 hour, 20 minutes