TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ortega, Abel, 
TI  - Courage on Bataan and beyond : : memories of an American POW who was a slave of the Japanese during WWII for 3 1/2 years / 
SN  - 1420863843 (softbound)
AV  - D 805 .J3 O78 2005 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Bloomington, Ind. : 
PB  - AuthorHouse
KW  - Ortega, Abel, 
KW  - Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Japan
KW  - Biography
KW  - Philippines
KW  - United States
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, American
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - 192nd Tank Battalion
KW  - Bataan
KW  - Bilibid Prison
KW  - Cabanatuan
KW  - Camp Murphy
KW  - Camp O’Donnell
KW  - Death March
KW  - hell ship Melbourne Maru
KW  - Lipa
KW  - personal account – American
KW  - Philippine defense campaign
KW  - POW experiences
N2  - Account of an American Bataan veteran and POW as recorded and written by his son. Abel Sr. was in the 192nd Tank Battalion which was sent to the Philippines just before war broke out. He talks briefly about his experiences in the defense of the beaches and Bataan, but the bulk of the book on surrender and after: Death March, Camp O’Donnell, Cabanatuan, Lipa, Camp Murphy, Bilibid, and then hell ship (Hokusen Maru) to Takao and to Japan (on the Melbourne Maru).

Although told in the first person, Abel Sr.’s story was written by Abel Jr., with some research to confirm places, names and for photographs. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
ER  -