While I certainly don't want to ask anything of him that he doesn't want to do, I sincerely hope that my father will share his wisdom on this particular piece of history in a subsequent post. It is a story we must never forget.
February 16, 1945: American troops recaptured the Bataan Peninsula in the Phillipines almost three years after the infamous Bataan Death March.
Monday, February 16, 2009
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"We're the Battling Bastards of Bataan,
ReplyDeleteNo mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam,
No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,
No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces,
And nobody gives a damn!"
by Frank Hewlett, 1942.
Upon reflection I'd like to say I realize that poem has nothing to do with your post but I really liked it.
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