Bataan Death March

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The gripping account details the experiences of William Dyess, a US Army Air Force pilot captured during World War II in the Philippines. His harrowing journey includes participation in the notorious Bataan Death March and time spent in brutal POW camps before his daring escape from the Davao Penal Colony. This early war narrative shocked the American public, highlighting the horrors of captivity. The book is enhanced with maps and photographs, providing a visual context to Dyess's tragic story, which ended prematurely when he died in a training accident at just 27 years old.