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2025-05-14 -Land of the Free

Family of 105-year-old Bataan Death March survivor shares his story

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Posted by Procopius2k 2025-05-14 06:30|| || Front Page|| [81 views ] Top

#1 IMBD 'Bataan', the promo

a surprisingly credible conception of what that terrible experience must have been for some of the men who endured it—the grim attrition of body and mind—is inexorably presented by Metro in a harrowing picture tersely titled "Bataan".

The movie, B/W 1943

A disturbing story I've remembered for some 65 years.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-05-14 10:07|| 2025-05-14 10:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Just note what he went through and today's utes who misplace their 'smart phone' then panic and become totally spastic. The old phrase, "Tough times make tough men. Tough men make good times...."

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-05-14 18:35|| 2025-05-14 18:35|| Front Page Top

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