The Tragedy of Bataan

December 7, 2011 marks the 70th Anniversary of the beginning of World War II. Those living back then have been referred to as the greatest generation. Many men were in combat, but some were not so fortunate. In 1942, over seventy-five thousand American and Filipino soldiers and nurses were forced to surrender to the Empire of Japan. Those who survived the three and half years of brutal injustice, humiliation, disease, and starvation are part of that greatest generation. Theirs is a story of the human will to survive — one that is hardly known to most Americans.

These "heroes" are in their later 80's and 90's. Their story is still unknown to the majority of Americans.