[Tax-chick]

Great story! I've seen some of the survivors of Bataan on the History Channel, and they are just amazing. All our WW2 vets are amazing, including my great-uncle Howard McConnell (hero name-dropping!) who won't say much about his 3 years in the Pacific!

Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio has a little museum with a large collection of POW's letters and diaries from the Pacific War. It's a great place to spend a day *without* your kids, 'cause they get bored while you're reading!

Another great visit is the Museum of the Pacific War, in the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg, TX.

I could go on, but suddenly all my kids are fighting over lunch :-(.

[SAMWolf]

The story of Bataan and the treatment of our soldiers afterwards is a hard one to read and not get emotional about.