Most people I knew that had been POWs were reluctant to talk about it. When
someone did it was fascinating though. Some had it really bad and some not
too much so. Always unpleasant though. I worked with men that had survived
the death marches on Corregidor and Bataan. They both suffered physical and
mental health problems and were very reluctant to talk about it. I have a
lady friend who was raised in Bataan and the march went right past her
house. They were in hiding at the time and didn't witness the thing though.
/jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Bob Whitmire
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:38 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Billy Pilgrim (was Yet Another Photo)
Speaking of details, I got an e-mail back from my friend. He does not
recall the fire. His recollection is that we didn't have one, that we
were standing around talking by starlight, and that Montana not only
cooked all of us supper, but went to be earlier than we three men.
But he also expressed disappointment that she didn't go to bed with
him. <g> He remembers we had been hiking all day, and had gone on
longer than we should have, and had basically just stepped fifteen or
twenty yards off the trail into a small clearing. Our Billy and
Montana showed up a few minutes later and asked if they could share
the clearing, and, my friend says, we reluctantly agreed, what with
the point of wilderness camping being to get away from people.
Interesting that I recall a fire and he recalls conversation by
starlight. That's about as divergent as you can get. I kinda like the
starlight thing, though. Maybe next time I tell the story I'll go
with Don's recollection. You folks won't tell, right?
--Bob
> On Jan 24, 2007, at 1:29 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>>
>> Truth is, after 25 years I'm a bit sketchy on details.
>
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