My Hitch in Hell
The Bataan Death March, New Edition
Lester I. Tenney (Author), James B. Stockdale (Foreword by)
9781640121126
Paperback / softback, published 1 October 2018
264 pages, 19 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, index
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.408 kg
“Although I make my living by writing, I find I’m at a loss for words in telling you what a superb job you have done. I read the book in one sitting and was gripped by it on every page, indeed in every paragraph. . . . Thanks for writing the book and for showing all of us how with good will, perseverance, determination, teamwork, and more, good triumphs over evil.”-Stephen E. Ambrose, from a letter to the author
“Riveting. . . . A grim story of heroic survival.”-Kirkus Reviews
"My Hitch in Hell will continue to be a worthwhile book for both World War II scholars and buffs."-Paul W. Ropp, Journal of America's Military Past
“What gets you through torture and isolation with self-respect intact? Let Tenney show you in this book.”-Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale, USN (Ret.)
Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester I. Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half years in Japanese prison camps. With an understanding of human nature, a sense of humor, sharp thinking, and fierce determination, Tenney endured the rest of the war as a slave laborer in Japanese prison camps. My Hitch in Hell is an inspiring survivor’s epic about the triumph of human will despite unimaginable suffering. This edition features a new introduction and epilogue by the author.
Introduction
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A Hitch in Company B
2. Surprise Attack
3. The Fall of Bataan
4. The March
5. Our First Camp
6. Life with the Guerrillas
7. Back to Bataan--to Work
8. Cabanatuan
9. The Nightmare Ship
10. The Coal Mine
11. Camp 17
12. Fun and Games
13. "
We Honor You with Head Cut Off"
14. Bombs and Beatings
15. Our War Is Over
16. "
America and Japan Now Friends"
17. Looking for the Americans
18. Meeting My Brother
19. Back to the Philippines
20. Home at Last
21. Japan Revisited
Epilogue
Appendix
Index
