Oldest Bataan Death March Survivor Dies - Wow
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Take a moment and read about this fellow; talk about overcoming the odds!
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obitu...
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obitu...
Wow, what a life!.
A true Legend, RIP Doc.
A true Legend, RIP Doc.
article said:
.... and a doctor told him to enjoy the next few years because he had been so decimated he would be dead by 50
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But the former dentist made it to 105, embodying the power of a positive spirit in the face of inordinate odds
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Born in 1905 in North Platte, Neb., Brown was the godson of Wild West folk hero "Buffalo Bill" Cody, who often let the boy sit on his lap and tug his beard
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and a doctor told him to enjoy the next few years because he had been so decimated he would be dead by 50. But Brown soldiered on, moving to California, attending college again and renting out properties to the era's biggest Hollywood stars, including Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland. He became friends with John Wayne and Roy Rogers
Thats a very impressive man! Just think of all the changes he has seen in his lifetime.
The war in the east seems to be largely forgotten in the UK.
The usual timeline of WW2 seems to be
Invasion of Poland > French surrender > Dunkirk > Battle of Britain > bombing raids on Germany > D-Day > VE day.
Yet there was so so much more.
I would like to think myself as well read on the subject of WW2 but I keep learning new things about it every time I read up on it and still being suprised by what I find out.
The war in the east seems to be largely forgotten in the UK.
The usual timeline of WW2 seems to be
Invasion of Poland > French surrender > Dunkirk > Battle of Britain > bombing raids on Germany > D-Day > VE day.
Yet there was so so much more.
I would like to think myself as well read on the subject of WW2 but I keep learning new things about it every time I read up on it and still being suprised by what I find out.
Mr Dave said:
Thats a very impressive man! Just think of all the changes he has seen in his lifetime.
The war in the east seems to be largely forgotten in the UK.
The usual timeline of WW2 seems to be
Invasion of Poland > French surrender > Dunkirk > Battle of Britain > bombing raids on Germany > D-Day > VE day.
Yet there was so so much more.
I would like to think myself as well read on the subject of WW2 but I keep learning new things about it every time I read up on it and still being suprised by what I find out.
I was talking to some Russians recently and it's really interesting to hear their perspective on things.The war in the east seems to be largely forgotten in the UK.
The usual timeline of WW2 seems to be
Invasion of Poland > French surrender > Dunkirk > Battle of Britain > bombing raids on Germany > D-Day > VE day.
Yet there was so so much more.
I would like to think myself as well read on the subject of WW2 but I keep learning new things about it every time I read up on it and still being suprised by what I find out.
Jimbeaux said:
Eric Mc said:
Jimbeaus does seem to be on a World War 2 Veterans' Death Watch at the moment 
Limited opportunity to honor them. Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 16th August 14:02
Eric Mc said:
Jimbeaux said:
Eric Mc said:
Jimbeaus does seem to be on a World War 2 Veterans' Death Watch at the moment
Limited opportunity to honor them. Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 16th August 14:02
My father-in-law was a prisoner of war in the far east. He was captured by the Japanese but had Korean guards.
He went out in 1941 as part of a university air squadron, maintaining Defiants. They took up residence in Malaya and were told to fly out immediately. The guns were taken out of the Defiants and all aircraft took off with as many of the ground crew as possible. My f-i-l lost out in the lottery he thought. None of the others in the squadron survived.
He was caputred and put to work on a road.
He was found in 1944 but was not allowed home until 45 (all dates approx) because first of all he had no idea who he was and secondly the doctor said that a sea voyage would kill him.
His legs were a mass of scars from jungle sores and he contracted malaria and other diseases. After months of rehabilittion he escaped the hospital and secured a berth on board a ship. When he got home he was still 'skin and bone.'
He went through a period when he would talk about the war. I was sitting watching TV with him when there was something on about the Koreans and he told me some of his experiences. When marking to the road to work the guards whould often kill one of the prisoners for no apparent reason, just for bayonet practice he reckoned.
The thing that suprised him was just how many survived the camp despite the ill-treatment, the lack of medical facilities, the diseases, against which most had no immunity, and the lack of food. If you fell ill you were killed.
He died of cancer at the age of 70-odd and when in hospital under the drugs he believed himself to be back at the camp. My m-i-l was spooked out by the fact that he began to look like he was when he returned.
He was ambivalent towards the Japanese, although my wife never let my buy a Japanese car, but his hatred of the Koreans came back towards the last few years of his life. He became less than predictable. Despite getting on with him in the first few years of courting and marriage later our relationship became strained and it was down to his memories of the war.
He went out in 1941 as part of a university air squadron, maintaining Defiants. They took up residence in Malaya and were told to fly out immediately. The guns were taken out of the Defiants and all aircraft took off with as many of the ground crew as possible. My f-i-l lost out in the lottery he thought. None of the others in the squadron survived.
He was caputred and put to work on a road.
He was found in 1944 but was not allowed home until 45 (all dates approx) because first of all he had no idea who he was and secondly the doctor said that a sea voyage would kill him.
His legs were a mass of scars from jungle sores and he contracted malaria and other diseases. After months of rehabilittion he escaped the hospital and secured a berth on board a ship. When he got home he was still 'skin and bone.'
He went through a period when he would talk about the war. I was sitting watching TV with him when there was something on about the Koreans and he told me some of his experiences. When marking to the road to work the guards whould often kill one of the prisoners for no apparent reason, just for bayonet practice he reckoned.
The thing that suprised him was just how many survived the camp despite the ill-treatment, the lack of medical facilities, the diseases, against which most had no immunity, and the lack of food. If you fell ill you were killed.
He died of cancer at the age of 70-odd and when in hospital under the drugs he believed himself to be back at the camp. My m-i-l was spooked out by the fact that he began to look like he was when he returned.
He was ambivalent towards the Japanese, although my wife never let my buy a Japanese car, but his hatred of the Koreans came back towards the last few years of his life. He became less than predictable. Despite getting on with him in the first few years of courting and marriage later our relationship became strained and it was down to his memories of the war.
Derek Smith said:
My father-in-law was a prisoner of war in the far east. He was captured by the Japanese but had Korean guards.
He went out in 1941 as part of a university air squadron, maintaining Defiants. They took up residence in Malaya and were told to fly out immediately. The guns were taken out of the Defiants and all aircraft took off with as many of the ground crew as possible. My f-i-l lost out in the lottery he thought. None of the others in the squadron survived.
He was caputred and put to work on a road.
He was found in 1944 but was not allowed home until 45 (all dates approx) because first of all he had no idea who he was and secondly the doctor said that a sea voyage would kill him.
His legs were a mass of scars from jungle sores and he contracted malaria and other diseases. After months of rehabilittion he escaped the hospital and secured a berth on board a ship. When he got home he was still 'skin and bone.'
He went through a period when he would talk about the war. I was sitting watching TV with him when there was something on about the Koreans and he told me some of his experiences. When marking to the road to work the guards whould often kill one of the prisoners for no apparent reason, just for bayonet practice he reckoned.
The thing that suprised him was just how many survived the camp despite the ill-treatment, the lack of medical facilities, the diseases, against which most had no immunity, and the lack of food. If you fell ill you were killed.
He died of cancer at the age of 70-odd and when in hospital under the drugs he believed himself to be back at the camp. My m-i-l was spooked out by the fact that he began to look like he was when he returned.
He was ambivalent towards the Japanese, although my wife never let my buy a Japanese car, but his hatred of the Koreans came back towards the last few years of his life. He became less than predictable. Despite getting on with him in the first few years of courting and marriage later our relationship became strained and it was down to his memories of the war.
That is all very sad. He went out in 1941 as part of a university air squadron, maintaining Defiants. They took up residence in Malaya and were told to fly out immediately. The guns were taken out of the Defiants and all aircraft took off with as many of the ground crew as possible. My f-i-l lost out in the lottery he thought. None of the others in the squadron survived.
He was caputred and put to work on a road.
He was found in 1944 but was not allowed home until 45 (all dates approx) because first of all he had no idea who he was and secondly the doctor said that a sea voyage would kill him.
His legs were a mass of scars from jungle sores and he contracted malaria and other diseases. After months of rehabilittion he escaped the hospital and secured a berth on board a ship. When he got home he was still 'skin and bone.'
He went through a period when he would talk about the war. I was sitting watching TV with him when there was something on about the Koreans and he told me some of his experiences. When marking to the road to work the guards whould often kill one of the prisoners for no apparent reason, just for bayonet practice he reckoned.
The thing that suprised him was just how many survived the camp despite the ill-treatment, the lack of medical facilities, the diseases, against which most had no immunity, and the lack of food. If you fell ill you were killed.
He died of cancer at the age of 70-odd and when in hospital under the drugs he believed himself to be back at the camp. My m-i-l was spooked out by the fact that he began to look like he was when he returned.
He was ambivalent towards the Japanese, although my wife never let my buy a Japanese car, but his hatred of the Koreans came back towards the last few years of his life. He became less than predictable. Despite getting on with him in the first few years of courting and marriage later our relationship became strained and it was down to his memories of the war.
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