” her uncles were Ba’taan and killed by the Japanese “
So were mine! Imagine that.
One disappeared somewhere on the way to Capas (the Death Camp at O’Donnell), probably died on the Death March, another died in Capas. Both have their names on the memorial.
Every single relative of mine is a survivor of Manila, Feb-Mar 1945. Every one had a story. And etc. and etc. I’ve got material for a series of novels if I wanted to do that.
My wife’s family were from San Fernando. Her grandfather was american a wagoneer in the SA War who stayed. Her father was on the march. One night he rolled of the roads. His employees were following the march and saved him.
His house was beeing watched during the war and he smuggled messages to the women inside in bags of rice.
Her uncle was aDR. He ant us navy info from a radio in the clinic he owned. Two days before mac returned he was killed. An employee turned him down and the Japanese tortured him and killed I’m when they left.