Posted on 09/15/2022 5:36:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I work with an 88 year old Filipino man who as a young boy witnessed parts of The Bataan Death March.
He told me how the Americans ‘’we’re like this’’ he said
and he made a staggering motion and crooked his arms in a way as people do supporting each other. He said “And the Japs,(he hissed when he said “Japs’’) would do like this!’’ and he made a thrusting motion as if bayoneting someone.
He also related a story of how he and his mother almost met a similar fate in the ‘’market place’’ as he put it.
As they approached a Japanese sentry he said his mother told him “stay close to me my son’’. Apparently the sentry felt they didn’t show enough respect and he almost were run through if a young Japanese officer had not stopped him.
He speaks taolog with all the other Filipinos in the place and he speaks fluent Spanish.
😁😁😁
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