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#39. Pearl Harbor: An Eyewitness Remembers

magine you’re a ten-year-old living in Honolulu, Hawaii, just a few blocks from Waikiki. Now imagine you wake up on a beautiful December morning to the sounds of planes overhead and explosions not so very far away.

#38. One Warrior’s Bed-Bound Surrender

Seriously wounded on the front lines two days earlier, Lt. Jim Daly was bed-bound and immobile in a full-body cast when Bataan fell.

#36. Defending The Rock: US Marines on Corregidor Island

Could Lt. Col. Curtis Beecher’s Marines defend Corregidor Island from a Japanese Landing?

#35. Legacy of Valor: A Family’s Stand on Corregidor

In the early days of World War II, Vicente and Marcos Mocorro -- father and son – together defended Corregidor Island from Japanese attacks, while enduring the enemy’s debilitating bombing runs on an island under siege.

#34. Relentless Hope: A Story of Love, Faith, and Survival

Chet and Grace Britt were still newlyweds when the US Army evacuated her from The Philippines Islands in spring 1941. While she joined the home front war efforts, she had no idea the horrendous things Chet experienced once Bataan fell.

#32. An Unbroken Bond

Daily life at O’Donnell was marked by disease, malnutrition, and uncertainty and became yet another of Japan’s WW2 atrocities. But 2 POWs formed an unbreakable group -- which was, perhaps, the only reason they survived.

#31. WW2’s Forgotten Atrocity

On April 12, 1942, Japanese forces dishonored themselves – by massacring more than 350 unarmed, bound Filipino officers and non-coms, who had surrendered the day before. It became known as the Pantingan River Massacre.

#29. Bound by Blood, Forged by War

Two brothers served together on Bataan and endured the Bataan Death march, on to be separated in horrendous work camp. But they both did the impossible -- they returned home. This is their survivor story.

#28. The Hunt for Freedom

Ray Hunt was forced onto the Battan Death March. But he wasn’t going to let his enemies determine his fate. At great risk to himself, he escaped the march and joined the island's largest Guerilla organization.

#27. The Truth behind This Iconic Bataan Death March Photo

On April 9, 1942, three American prisoners of war, their hands bound behind their backs, were photographed by a Japanese soldier. This is the story behind that iconic photo.