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You can also order the "Surviving the Bataan Death
March" CD by sending a check for $23.45. ($19.95 + $3.50 tax, S
& H) Make the check out to Inner Journey Productions, and mail it
to:
Ron Duffy
Inner
Journey Productions
2560 Fisk Street
Roseville, MN 55113-3401
Be sure
to include your address.
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Program Description for
"Surviving the Bataan Death March"
Few events in the annals of modern warfare compare to the horrific ordeal
faced by U.S.
troops on the Philippines'
Bataan Peninsula
in 1942. Surviving the Bataan Death March shares the
remarkable story of Ken Porwoll, a man who knows
the tragedy and heroism of Bataan
first-hand.
In early 1942, 21-year-old Porwoll was one of many
soldiers in the 194th tank battalion, responsible for defending the strategic
peninsula against the invading Japanese army.
For four months, American and Filipino soldiers had bravely fought the
Japanese to a stand still, despite living on half-rations and using outdated
weaponry. But no American reinforcements were en route, so there would be no
infusion of food, ammunition, medicine, equipment, or other supplies. Faced
with the prospect of certain massacre, Major General Edward King decided to
surrender.
On April 9, the surrender to Japanese forces took place. Ten thousand
American soldiers and roughly 60,000 Filipino soldiers were now prisoners of
war. Later that day, Porwoll and 70,000 others
began the forced march — without food or water in the blazing, tropical
sun — to Camp O'Donnell,
the prison camp.
This infamous 100-mile trek became known as the Bataan
Death March. Thousands were shot, beaten, bayoneted, or beheaded, and
thousands more died from starvation and sickness. Estimates vary, but it is
believed that fully 17,000 captives did not survive the march or the ensuing
years as prisoners of war.
Many historians call the Bataan Death March the
worst military atrocity ever suffered by American soldiers in the history of
the United States.
Ken Porwoll survived the torturous march and life
as a POW of the Japanese military. This is his story.
For further information, contact Ron Duffy
at ron@innerjourneyradio.com,
or 651-486-7914.
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