Post writer, trained to do and we did some traveling and while we were there, i was there in a speaking tour in peter let me know he was working on a new book about spies in manila and their any number votes working in the archives and some other things people were working on books. But then pete let me know ive got Claire Phillips diary. Pete came down quite a lot over at the last two years because we do have all the papers that chip larson, one of the main stories to the paper as well as john thune who was a big gorilla of the time. Jeanne, did you just raise your hand . [applause] is my first chance to meet her and she donated those papers quite a long time ago. It is really a thrill for all of us to have you here. Peace work is now finished. Two years in the making and here we are with the really great piece. I will let him come up and tell you the story he has to tell. Without any further waiting, peter eisner, macarthurs spies. [applause] thank you very much for being here. I hav
Big event of the summer. Peter eisner, couple of years ago i was given a bunch of speeches in manila and ran across the former National Post writer, peter eisner. We did traveling to the philippines. While there, i was there to speak into her computer was working on a new book about spies in manila. One of the main ones being cleaclear phillips but then he said i have his diary. So that feeds into a lot. Pete came down quite a lot over the past two years because we have all the papers of chick, one of the main characters of the story as well as the papers of john boones who is a big griller, his daughter is here with us tonight. Recently. [applause] im so glad that she came down because its my first chance to meet her and she donated the papers a long time ago. To throw for all of us to have you here. But petes work is now finished. Two years in the macon and here we are with a great piece. So, going to let him come up and tell you the story he has to tell. Without further waiting, pet
Big event of the summer. Peter eisner, couple of years ago i was given a bunch of speeches in manila and ran across the former National Post writer, peter eisner. We did traveling to the philippines. While there, i was there to speak into her computer was working on a new book about spies in manila. One of the main ones being cleaclear phillips but then he said i have his diary. So that feeds into a lot. Pete came down quite a lot over the past two years because we have all the papers of chick, one of the main characters of the story as well as the papers of john boones who is a big griller, his daughter is here with us tonight. Recently. [applause] im so glad that she came down because its my first chance to meet her and she donated the papers a long time ago. To throw for all of us to have you here. But petes work is now finished. Two years in the macon and here we are with a great piece. So, going to let him come up and tell you the story he has to tell. Without further waiting, pet
The Bataan Death March. (Painting by Mukai Junkichi)
On April 9, 1942, 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers who surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines were forced to march more than 60 miles in the extreme heat of the Philippines. Hundreds of Americans and thousands of Filipinos died in the journey.
The reward for the survivors was brutal treatment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp for the next three years if they were lucky to live that long.
Americans back home might never have known about the harsh conditions for POWs in the Philippines if it weren’t for 12 men who escaped from the enemy prison camp and made an arduous cross-country expedition to tell the world.
Some of these have to be read to be believed.
Sunsets over Manila Bay are nothing less than spectacular. Once the sun dips below the horizon there is a lingering illumination known as “blue hour” as the sky gradually shifts from pale azure to deep indigo before fading completely into the black tropical night. But for the men of USS
Seawolf there was no blue hour that warm January evening in 1942. Their submarine rested on the inky bottom of the bay awaiting nightfall when it would be safe to surface.
At 7:30 pm, Lt. Cmdr. Frederick “Fearless Freddie” Warder, gave the command. The submarine broke the calm waters off the besieged island of Corregidor, sailing cautiously toward South Dock. When