TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheldon, Warren C.
TI  - The Secretary of war shares your grief : : the brief existence of Captain Milton Jerome Sheldon / 
SN  - 738847763 (softbound)
PY  - 2000///
CY  - [S.l.] : 
PB  - Xlibris Corp.
KW  - Sheldon, Milton Jerome, 
KW  - Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Japan
KW  - Biography
KW  - United States
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - 57th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts)
KW  - veterans benefits
KW  - POW
KW  - Philippine defense campaign
KW  - Death March
KW  - biography – American
KW  - Bataan
N2  - Jerome Sheldon was a promising young man who had just become a regular US Army officer when he was shipped off to the Philippines. He was an officer in the 57th Infantry Regiment (Philippine Scouts), and fought in Bataan; he was captured there in April 1942 and went on the Death March. He never returned home, having died in one of the prisoner of war camp in Japan. Since he did not return, the author of this book pieced together available evidence from letters, contacts with Bataan veterans and other sources to retrace his uncle’s story.

This book is also the story of Jerome’s father, who fought with the US government to obtain his son’s War Risk Insurance, which is initially denied. Only after ten years battling red tape – and seeking the help of congressmen, senators and even the president – was he successful. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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