My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March, New Edition

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.
 
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My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March, New Edition

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.
 
Purchase the audio edition.
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My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March, New Edition

My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March, New Edition

My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March, New Edition

My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March, New Edition

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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.
 
Purchase the audio edition.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781640121126
Publisher: Potomac Books
Publication date: 10/01/2018
Series: Memories of War
Edition description: new edition
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About 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. 
 
 

Table of Contents


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
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