Some survived
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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.
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.
Subjects
Subjects
Autobiographies
Concentration camps
Lawton, Manny
Lawton, Manny, -- 1918-1986
Personal narratives
Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Concentration camps
Lawton, Manny
Lawton, Manny, -- 1918-1986
Personal narratives
Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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9780912697130
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Grouping Title | some survived |
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-11 06:38:52AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-19 04:54:33AM |
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Lawton, Manny, -- 1918-1986
Personal narratives
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Lawton, Manny, -- 1918-1986
Personal narratives
Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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Some survived
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Some survived
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Concentration camps
Lawton, Manny
Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945
Lawton, Manny
Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Prisoners of war
World War, 1939-1945
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