Bataan Diary

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Bataan Diary
	Eyewitness Account of Army Surgeon Dr. Ashton Rich detailed narrative of events and experiences traveling from one unit to another throughout Bataan. Spending time with the Phillipine Army setting up the original M.A.S.H.-type units, insight was gained as to how the War progressed. Captured by the Japanese and put into Bilibid Prison for years, he has many storys to tell. Not the least of these was the return of General MacArthur and rescue of the few survivors. There are eyewitness accounts from fellow prisoners, soldiers, Filipinos, civilians, nurses, etc., and personal letters from Dr. Ashton and his wife. Learn what it was like there and how it feels to be a prisoner of war. Find out about little known and seldom-heard-of events (Tayabas Detail, the Second Death March, Hell Ships, The Prison Camps, and more). To read the complete chapter, "Sasaki" click here. And please visit the Reviews page. To order the book, click here.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I. Before the War Letters to Yvonne Part II. The War Period The First Blow Dinalupihan Battle of North and South Luzon Forces The Guagua-Porac Line Prelude to The Battle of Bataan Battle of Bataan Pilar-Bagac Line Life of a Soldier, 33rd Infantry Combat Team Orders: Trip to Corregidor R. & R. "Scout" Headquarters April 3, 1942 Disintegration Surrender of Bataan Hospital #1 Matsuobe Part III. My Capture Period The Death March Statistics Capture Period at Hospital #1 Battle of Corregidor (What I Saw) The Battle of Corregidor, (What I Learned) Hospital #1 After the Fall of Corregidor Map Summary Trip to Bilibid Part IV. The Prison Period Tayabas Bilibid Prison Sasaki Return to Bilibid from Caloocan Highlights of Bilibid Daily Routine on the Communicable Disease Ward British Prisoners Part V. The Capture Period Camp O'Donnel Cabanatuan Ben Steele's Drawings Hell Ships E.F. Haase Papers Voyage of the Oryoku Maru Davao, and the Voyage of the Shinyo Maru Hell Ships (Testimony War Crimes Trials) Would You Believe Part VI. The Rescue Period The Tightening Blockade The Beginning of the Battle of Manila Yanks & Tanks The Shoe Factory Leyte Homecoming Part VII. Epilogue Crumbling Brown Papers, Colonel Lamb's Records Fassoth's Camp Letters Re: Services Rendered Filamerican POW's Cabanatuan Letters Miscellaneous Letters Comments Concerning the U.S.S. Canopus My Brown Papers Postscript


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Bataan Diary

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