Japan Bureau (Podcasters) | Posted 11/12/11 | Reply
Fun fact (well, actually not). My great-uncle was an American soldier who was subjected to the death march in Bataan. Following that he was a POW until close to the end of the war, when he was sold to the Soviets as slave labor. He wasn't returned to the US until the mid-50s, after which he never spoke again until he died in the late 80's. The only reason I know what happened is because he wrote his memoirs for family to read. Absolutely horrible, all the more for being true...
Thanks for this write-up, SomeGuy. I myself haven't really heard of this story until I came across the book that you mentioned. Through this story, I was amazed at the bravery and the resilience efforts that those men showed to liberate the country and to help the resistance in the country. The fact that very few to no Filipinos are aware about this escape in the Davao Penal Colony shows how much this event has been forgotten in history. In fact, our history books don't often mention any significant events in Mindanao during WWII, so this was definitely a big eye-opener.
Hopefully, your contribution will help bring it out from obscurity, especially in the age of the Internet.
Last edited by The Mask at 11:32:09 PM CST on November 10, 2011.
Thanks for this story SG. I didn't thought you'd be able to write something close to home this year, like you did with the Bataan Angels.
I was able to read partly a book about the Bataan Death March in the library which contained accounts from a few sources. It probably contained details from Dyess', but I can't really say.
On the Jazz! (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/10/11 | Reply
Before you even started on the second half of that, my thought was and how many probably died during that crazy long march? But then it just got worse from there anyway.
AP Ichigo
Japan Bureau (Podcasters) | Posted 11/12/11 | Reply
Fun fact (well, actually not). My great-uncle was an American soldier who was subjected to the death march in Bataan. Following that he was a POW until close to the end of the war, when he was sold to the Soviets as slave labor. He wasn't returned to the US until the mid-50s, after which he never spoke again until he died in the late 80's. The only reason I know what happened is because he wrote his memoirs for family to read. Absolutely horrible, all the more for being true...
-Ichigo
The Mask
Detective Mask (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/10/11 | Reply
Thanks for this write-up, SomeGuy. I myself haven't really heard of this story until I came across the book that you mentioned. Through this story, I was amazed at the bravery and the resilience efforts that those men showed to liberate the country and to help the resistance in the country. The fact that very few to no Filipinos are aware about this escape in the Davao Penal Colony shows how much this event has been forgotten in history. In fact, our history books don't often mention any significant events in Mindanao during WWII, so this was definitely a big eye-opener.
Hopefully, your contribution will help bring it out from obscurity, especially in the age of the Internet.
Last edited by The Mask at 11:32:09 PM CST on November 10, 2011.
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Otaku Summoner (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/10/11 | Reply
Thanks for this story SG. I didn't thought you'd be able to write something close to home this year, like you did with the Bataan Angels.
I was able to read partly a book about the Bataan Death March in the library which contained accounts from a few sources. It probably contained details from Dyess', but I can't really say.
Dark Phoenix
On the Jazz! (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/10/11 | Reply
Before you even started on the second half of that, my thought was and how many probably died during that crazy long march? But then it just got worse from there anyway.