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Walter Straka, Minnesota's last remaining survivor of the Bataan Death March, died July 4th at age 101
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‘It Was An Incredible Life’: Walt Straka, Minnesota’s Last Bataan Death March Survivor, Dies At 101
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) Minnesota’s last survivor of the Bataan Death March passed away on the Fourth of July.
Walt Straka was 101 years old. During World War II he was a member of the 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines. After surrendering, Japanese soldiers beat the American POWs and forced them to march more than 60 miles in extreme heat and without food or water.
Walt’s son and a family friend talked about the legacy he leaves behind.
Bataan Death March survivor Walt Straka (center) receives a standing ovation Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 during the opening ceremony before the 22nd annual Bataan Memorial March at the Brainerd Armory. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch file photo
There were many conversations over the decades, Samuelson said, but it seems to be human nature that even while his friend died at the venerable age of 101, no amount of time is enough to ask everything that needs to be asked, to say everything that needs to be said.
“It’s pretty sad seeing the last man in that outfit having passed now,” Samuelson said. “All that history gone. I think about those guys a lot. To think that Walter could last nearly 102 years, after surviving what he survived? It’s simply phenomenal.”
A century of heroism: The life of Brainerd's Walt Straka, Bataan Death March survivor
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