Oldest survivor of Bataan Death March dies

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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-oldest-survivor-of-bataan-death-march-dies-081511/

The Bataan Death March was one of the really horrific events of WWII. Over 70,000 American and Philippine prisoners were marched from Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell where they were interned for the next 3-1/2 years as POWs under brutal conditions.
RIP Doc Brown- you have earned it.

“Doc” Brown was nearly 40 in 1942 when he endured the Bataan Death March, a harrowing 65-mile trek in which 78,000 prisoners of war were forced to walk from Bataan province near Manila to a Japanese POW camp. As many as 11,000 died along the way. Many were denied food, water and medical care, and those who stumbled or fell during the scorching journey through Philippine jungles were stabbed, shot or beheaded.

...Brown remained in a POW camp from early 1942 until mid-September 1945, living solely on rice. The once-athletic man — he lettered in baseball, football, basketball and track in high school — saw his weight whither by some 80 pounds to less than 100 by the time he was freed. Lice and disease were rampant

 

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What an amazing story.