Bataan Death March- My Uncle Bob's story

After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, they attack the U.S base in the Philippines. On April 9, 1942, the United States surrender and over 75,000 Filipino and American troops on the Bataan were forced to make a sixty-five mile march to the prison camps. During the march, several died due to exhaustion and starvation.

My Uncle Robert W. "Bob" Madden was part of the Bataan Death March. According to my Uncle Dave, that on the second day of the march, Bob Madden and his friend ran off to escape the match. One of the japanese guards turned and shot and killed Bob's friend. Bob was near the guard, took the rifle that killed his friend, bash it against the Japanese guard and ran into the jungle and was in there for three days. Until he came across the ocean and found a boat. While on the boat, he rode to the friendly shores and got rescued.

Here of my Uncle Bob:
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Cited:
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march