TY  - BOOK
AU  - FitzPatrick, Bernard T.
AU  - Sweetser, John A.
TI  - The Hike into the sun : : memoir of an American soldier captured on Bataan in 1942 and imprisoned by the Japanese until 1945 / 
SN  - 899508502 (hardbound)
AV  - D 767.4 .F6 1993 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Jefferson, NC : 
PB  - McFarland & Co.
KW  - FitzPatrick, Bernard T.
KW  - United States. Army
KW  - Biography
KW  - Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Japan
KW  - Philippines
KW  - United States
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - 194th Tank Battalion
KW  - Bataan
KW  - Clark Field bombing
KW  - Death March POW account
KW  - defense of Luzon
KW  - forced labor
KW  - hell ships
KW  - personal account – American
KW  - Philippine defense campaign
N2  - Detailed personal account of the defense of Bataan, Death March and prisoner of war experiences of a young man whose memory remained clear through the years.

A radio operator in a tank of the 194th Tank Battalion, he describes action from inside a tank: the bombing of Clark Field, withdrawal operations; combat on Bataan. He describes the Death March and adds interesting detail to photos taken by the Japanese.

The book is also illustrated by sketches by artist and fellow-prisoner of war Ben Steele. Praises his battalion commander (Col. Ernest B. Miller, who wrote "Bataan Uncensored"). Gives credit to Filipinos who aided the prisoners, and also to humane Japanese he encountered. Critical of Gen. MacArthur and cruel Japanese guards. Accurate with names of people.

Later in the war, FitzPatrick was taken to Japan on a hell ship, and forced to work in a steel factory in Kyushu.  - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
UR  - https://issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary/docs/rhc-013584?e=18015266/46766482
ER  -