Interesting reading about Bataan and Corregidor and lots of other stuff
that I never knew about war in the pacific and being a prisoner of the
Japanese in the Philippines and in Japan near the end of the war. I had
never previously read anything about POW's in Japan. That's the part I
found most interesting. Recommended.
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0670034088/cmmay>
Chuck Norcutt
James N. McBride wrote:
> Most people I knew that had been POWs were reluctant to talk about it. When
> someone did it was fascinating though. Some had it really bad and some not
> too much so. Always unpleasant though. I worked with men that had survived
> the death marches on Corregidor and Bataan. They both suffered physical and
> mental health problems and were very reluctant to talk about it. I have a
> lady friend who was raised in Bataan and the march went right past her
> house. They were in hiding at the time and didn't witness the thing though.
> /jmac
>
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> Subject: [OM] Re: Billy Pilgrim (was Yet Another Photo)
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>
> Speaking of details, I got an e-mail back from my friend. He does not
> recall the fire. His recollection is that we didn't have one, that we
> were standing around talking by starlight, and that Montana not only
> cooked all of us supper, but went to be earlier than we three men.
> But he also expressed disappointment that she didn't go to bed with
> him. <g> He remembers we had been hiking all day, and had gone on
> longer than we should have, and had basically just stepped fifteen or
> twenty yards off the trail into a small clearing. Our Billy and
> Montana showed up a few minutes later and asked if they could share
> the clearing, and, my friend says, we reluctantly agreed, what with
> the point of wilderness camping being to get away from people.
>
> Interesting that I recall a fire and he recalls conversation by
> starlight. That's about as divergent as you can get. I kinda like the
> starlight thing, though. Maybe next time I tell the story I'll go
> with Don's recollection. You folks won't tell, right?
>
> --Bob
>
>
>> On Jan 24, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>
>>> Truth is, after 25 years I'm a bit sketchy on details.
>
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