In April of 1942, the Japanese army under the command of Lt. General Masaharu Homma completed the conquest of the Philippine Islands by capturing both Filipino and American soldiers stationed on the southern tip of the Bataan peninsula. In the ensuing Death March, some 1500 American soldiers would die, and thousands of others hospitalized or uncounted for. The associated atrocities and inhumanity is only now being understood completely.

About 1200 survivors are alive today. This site recollects the experiences of one such soldier, who lived the Death March. His experiences are chronicled in his new book. As an octogenarian, he is one of the few who are still here, to tell his story,