[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Oh my - one of the books I have been most impacted by in my life is Hampton Sides' Ghost Soldiers. It is remarkable that your grandfather survived that experience. I am in absolute awe of those who did.

They have an annual Bataan Memorial Walk (or run?) in the White Sands area in New Mexico, I believe...I have relatives down there and I've thought of trying to train for it, but the climate is so much different than where I live - I don't know if I could possibly prepare for it. (I have been to the Bataan Memorial Museum in Santa Fe, and I would recommend it if you get the opportunity.)

I believe they all deserve to be welcomed home too - each and every one of them. I guess my problem is that when a plane lands in the United States carrying multiple POWs and the FNC caption says, "Pfc. Jessica Lynch Returns Home" or some such thing, I have to wonder why that sort of thing exists to the exclusion of all the others.

[#3Fan]

I guess my problem is that when a plane lands in the United States carrying multiple POWs and the FNC caption says, "Pfc. Jessica Lynch Returns Home" or some such thing, I have to wonder why that sort of thing exists to the exclusion of all the others.

What pettiness.

[KineticKitty]

Believe it or not, I have sort of stayed away from the bataan subject. I suppose mainly because I don't or didn't really want to know the hell he had to endure. The stories and all of the facts I knew were always enough for me. What has spurred interest him lately is the memory of him and going thru his pictures with other family members.

Thank you for mentioning that book that impacted you so much. I will be going out in the next week and look it up in the library. It's time I get to know my grandfather in a way I wasn't to sure about exploring before. Thank you again.