Ben Steele

Ben Steele, WWII veteran and Bataan Death March survivor. Ben's story was told in the recent book, "Tears In The Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath." ben steele | bataan death march | third | fourth | fifth Read Full Story

Tears in the Darkness is a book published by Michael Norman , a Vietnam veteran. Inside the book is the narration of one of the worst defeat in US history. It happened in December 1941 when the Japanese invaded the Philippines and captured more than 76,000 prisoners (or POWs). This marked the start of a heartless Bataan Death March were more than 7,000 soldiers died while going through a 66-mile trail, and 25,000 Filipinos and 1500 Americans died in prisons after the torture they suffered in the Death March . Ben Steele , 91, is one of the few remaining survivors of the Bataan ... Read Full Story

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