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Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:12 pm to soccerfüt
RIP to a brave man.
As brutal as the Death March was, those prisoners shipped off to Japan as slave laborers endured unbelievable hardships in transit. They were crowded into cargo holes of rusty ships and many died from dehydration and starvation. They endured brutal conditions in labor camps and mines on the Japanese mainland. Had the war not ended suddenly by the A-bombs, the Japanese planned to execute these prisoners if the allies invaded the mainland.
As brutal as the Death March was, those prisoners shipped off to Japan as slave laborers endured unbelievable hardships in transit. They were crowded into cargo holes of rusty ships and many died from dehydration and starvation. They endured brutal conditions in labor camps and mines on the Japanese mainland. Had the war not ended suddenly by the A-bombs, the Japanese planned to execute these prisoners if the allies invaded the mainland.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:38 pm to soccerfüt
Crazy they are still around. I can’t begin to imagine what that was like not the Japanese pow camps. Truly amazing anyone survived.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 8:45 pm to soccerfüt
Obit?
Posted on 1/29/19 at 9:36 pm to soccerfüt
We’re all called home at some point. He was a true hero may he Rest In Peace.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 10:00 pm to blueridgeTiger
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As brutal as the Death March was, those prisoners shipped off to Japan as slave laborers endured unbelievable hardships in transit. They were crowded into cargo holes of rusty ships and many died from dehydration and starvation. They endured brutal conditions in labor camps and mines on the Japanese mainland. Had the war not ended suddenly by the A-bombs, the Japanese planned to execute these prisoners if the allies invaded the mainland
"Prisoners of the Japanese"..by Ganvan Daws
I read this book several years ago...Tells in graphic detail how the Japanese treated allied prisoners of war. A good read to really understand what those guys went thru...
Posted on 1/29/19 at 10:21 pm to soccerfüt
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After the Death March he had 3 1/2 years as a POW in Japan.
Went back for Korea and had a year of combat duty there.
Man, all of the things and changes he must have seen living during so many eras.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 10:24 pm to soccerfüt
????
Posted on 1/29/19 at 10:25 pm to soccerfüt
The fact that he survived the Bataan Death March, 3.5 years as a POW and then fought Korea means he is a crazy mother fricker. He must have had an extra bunk for just his balls. We call guys like him skull frickers.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 10:29 pm to soccerfüt
I had a relative that was also in the death march.
In 2 nd grade I didn’t a history assignment where I taped him talking about the March.
Afterwards he told me some of the more graphic stuff that happened.
If you couldn’t keep up you were bayoneted, if you tried to help someone else both would be bayoneted, if you tried to get water or help from a native then both the POW and native would be bayoneted.
He said they used bayonets instead of bullets to save the ammo.
They were given a very meager amount of rice with maggots and dirty water. Just enough for then to March but not enough for them to have the strength to run or fight back
In 2 nd grade I didn’t a history assignment where I taped him talking about the March.
Afterwards he told me some of the more graphic stuff that happened.
If you couldn’t keep up you were bayoneted, if you tried to help someone else both would be bayoneted, if you tried to get water or help from a native then both the POW and native would be bayoneted.
He said they used bayonets instead of bullets to save the ammo.
They were given a very meager amount of rice with maggots and dirty water. Just enough for then to March but not enough for them to have the strength to run or fight back
Posted on 1/29/19 at 10:36 pm to soccerfüt
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Semper Fi, old man!
:kige:
My uncle survived that march
Posted on 1/29/19 at 11:53 pm to soccerfüt
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fter the Death March he had 3 1/2 years as a POW in Japan.
Damn tough. Thankful of all these guys service.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 8:50 pm to crawfishcharlie
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"Prisoners of the Japanese"..by Ganvan Daws
I'll read that. A great book which details the Death March, the conditions in Camp Cabanatuan and the audacious rescue is Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides.
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