Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Audio Recording Severo K. Guerrero, Jr. Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 9901st TSU-SGO Detachment, Medical Corps
- Location of Service:
- Highest Rank: Major
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/10813
Born in Michigan in 1924 to Filipino parents, Severo Guerrero spent the first six years of his life in Chicago. His family returned to the Philippines in 1930, and beginning in December 1941 he lived under the Japanese occupation until his repatriation in April 1945. During the latter part of the occupation, he became a teenage guerrilla fighter working with the underground resistance movement. In August 1944, he was captured and spent five months in the Santo Tomas interment camp. Guerrero's interview recounts the intense food shortages his family experienced during the occupation, his work as a tank rider with the American forces, the ever-present risk of execution during his internment, and his post-war career with the American military as a tropical medicine physician.
Severo K. Guerrero, Jr. Collection
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PlayThe beginning of the Japanese occupation; coping with a lack of food and other extreme conditions; being saved from execution as a result of his father's status as a Mason; being taken as a prisoner of war and detained at Santo Tomas. 00:08:50.5 - 00:16:05.1
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PlayJapanese taking food to prevent hoarding; stress of living under occupation; mass execution of Filipinos following the discovery of a Life magazine in the area. 00:19:40.0 - 00:21:16.5
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About this Item
Title
- Severo K. Guerrero, Jr. Collection
Names
- Freemont Junior High School
- Unknown Interviewer
- Guerrero Jr., Severo K.
Home State
- Arizona
Headings
- - Guerrero Jr., Severo K.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 9901st TSU-SGO Detachment, Medical Corps
- Location of Service:
- Highest Rank: Major
- Dates of Service: 1941-1948
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran, a United States (US) citizen by birth, resided in the Philippines during World War II. From 1941-1945, he was active as a Filipino-American Guerrilla, fighting against the Japanese Occupation. He returned to the US in mid-1945, was drafted into the US Army, then on 12/12/1945 he enlisted into the regular Army so he could pursue his medical studies at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Materials
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002; 2011-07-28)
- Manuscript: Creative works [1 item] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2001-05-28)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002)
- Audio: CD [ item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002; 2006-03-21)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/10813
Cite as
- Severo K. Guerrero, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/10813), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- audio
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Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Camp Detrick, Maryland
- Camp Lee, Virginia
- Chicago, Illinois
- Philippines
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC