re: On This Date (Feb 1, 1945) - Bataan Death March Survivors Rescued

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Jesse Knowles

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He wrote a poem about it, linked here LINK

I never met Mr. Knowles, but I knew someone who worked closely with him on several legislative projects. He was a strong advocate for education. As Steven Ambrose noted in Band of Brothers, many of those men who had seen the worst the world had to offer desired to do something positive with the rest of their lives.