ISBN: 9781565128378

This true account by a WWII veteran taken prisoner by the Japanese “shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth” (The Post and Courier,… More...

This true account by a WWII veteran taken prisoner by the Japanese “shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth” (The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina).   Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippines arrived. The next day, he and his fellow American and Filipino prisoners set out on the infamous Bataan Death March—a forced six-day, sixty-mile trek under a broiling tropical sun during which approximately eleven thousand men died or were bayoneted, clubbed, or shot to death by the Japanese.   As terrible as the Death March was, for Manny Lawton and his comrades it was only the beginning. When the war ended in August 1945, it is estimated that some fifty-seven percent of the American troops who had surrendered on Bataan had perished.   Yet this is not a chronicle of despair. It is, instead, the story of how men can suffer even the most desperate conditions and, in their will to retain their humanity, triumph over appalling adversity. An epic of quiet heroism with an introduction by historian John Toland, Some Survived is a harrowing and inspiring tale—and “an honorable and absorbing testament to the courage of many” (The State). Digital Content>E-books>Military History>WWII>WWII, Workman Publishing Company, Inc. Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781565128378

Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fell… More...

Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fellow American and Filipino prisoners set out on the infamous Bataan Death March--a forced six-day, sixty-mile trek under a broiling tropical sun during which approximately eleven thousand men died or were bayoneted, clubbed, or shot to death by the Japanese. Yet terrible as the Death March was, for Manny Lawton and his comrades it was only the beginning. When the war ended in August 1945, it is estimated that some 57 percent of the American troops who had surrendered on Bataan had perished.But this is not a chronicle of despair. It is, instead, the story of how men can suffer even the most desperate conditions and, in their will to retain their humanity, triumph over appalling adversity. An epic of quiet heroism, Some Survived is a harrowing, poignant, and inspiring tale that lifts the heart.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humamities > Military history > Second World War, C&T Publishing<

ISBN: 9781565128378

Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fell… More...

Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fellow American and Filipino prisoners set out on the infamous B Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fellow American and Filipino prisoners set out on the infamous B Apparel & Accessories > Clothing > Uniforms > Military Uniforms, Algonquin Books<

ISBN: 9781565128378

This true account by a WWII veteran taken prisoner by the Japanese "shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth" (The Post and Courier, Charleston,… More...

This true account by a WWII veteran taken prisoner by the Japanese "shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth" (The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina). This true account by a WWII veteran taken prisoner by the Japanese "shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth" (The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina). Apparel & Accessories > Clothing > Uniforms > Military Uniforms, Algonquin Books<

ISBN: 9781565128378

Some Survived ab 22.49 EURO An Eyewitness Account of the Bataan Death March and the Men Who Lived through It Medien > Bücher, [PU: Algonquin Books]