My Hitch in Hell

The Bataan Death March, New Edition

Lester I. Tenney (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2018 | new edition
Potomac Books Inc (Verlag)
978-1-64012-112-6 (ISBN)

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Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester I. Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half years in Japanese prison camps. With an understanding of human nature, a sense of humor, sharp thinking, and fierce determination, Tenney endured the rest of the war as a slave laborer in Japanese prison camps. My Hitch in Hell is an inspiring survivor’s epic about the triumph of human will despite unimaginable suffering. This edition features a new introduction and epilogue by the author.

Lester I. Tenney (1920–2017) was a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March. He was a prisoner of war of the Japanese for a total of three and a half years. After a brief stint as a high school teacher, he entered the insurance business. He worked with the Arizona state legislature in developing a retirement and insurance program for all Arizona state employees. He was also a professor at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books, including The Courage to Remember: PTSD-From Trauma to Triumph. James B. Stockdale (1923–2005) was a U.S. Navy vice admiral and aviator who was held for seven years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War and was subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor.

Introduction
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Hitch in Company B
2. Surprise Attack
3. The Fall of Bataan
4. The March
5. Our First Camp
6. Life with the Guerrillas
7. Back to Bataan--to Work
8. Cabanatuan
9. The Nightmare Ship
10. The Coal Mine
11. Camp 17
12. Fun and Games
13. "We Honor You with Head Cut Off"
14. Bombs and Beatings
15. Our War Is Over
16. "America and Japan Now Friends"
17. Looking for the Americans
18. Meeting My Brother
19. Back to the Philippines
20. Home at Last
21. Japan Revisited
Epilogue
Appendix
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Memories of War
Vorwort	James B. Stockdale
Zusatzinfo	19 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, index
Verlagsort	Dulles
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-64012-112-9 / 1640121129
ISBN-13	978-1-64012-112-6 / 9781640121126
Zustand	Neuware