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Study in Valor : The Faith of a Bataan Death March Survivor by William T. Garner (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWind River Publishing, Incorporated

ISBN-101600651054

ISBN-139781600651052

eBay Product ID (ePID)80554690

Product Key Features

Book TitleStudy in Valor : the Faith of a Bataan Death March Survivor

Number of Pages198 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / General, General

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorWilliam T. Garner

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-015078

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"I finished reading A Study in Valor Monday afternoon and could not wait to tell you my reaction. I don't want to use the word "enjoyed" because of the subject matter, but I greatly appreciated the book because it was so well written. I have read many accounts of the Death March and Hell Ships, but you started the book by introducing Mr. Bramley in such a way as to make him a friend, relative, or neighbor. Therefore, there was more of an emotional reaction as Mr. Bramley went through hell on earth. The way he reacted to his trials and his letters to his parents with his testimony made me come to love him as a brother. When his sojourn on earth ends, I assume you will be attending his funeral. Please let me know because if possible I would also like to attend. The poetry of the fellow prisoners was very impressive considering what they were going through. I met an "educated" person the other day who knew nothing of the Death March. Thank you for your efforts of recording history." Richard A. Wilkinson History Instructor Long Beach City College, Endorsed by Everett A. Reamer, former National Commander, American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and Paul A. Yost, Jr., Admiral (Ret), USCG., "This book is an important contribution to the historical account of the Bataan Death March during World War II. For someone who has an interest in this significant event, I highly recommend it." The Honorable Bob Bennett, Senator (R-UT) "Clarence H. Bramley, a prisoner of war of the Japanese on the "Bataan Death March," was a member of the generation who saved the free world from subjugation. But more than that, he was one of the best. When you tuck your kids into bed tonight, say a prayer of gratitude for men like Clarence H. Bramley. Due to him and men like him, our world is far different today than it would have been without these heroes. Read his story and share in his pride and love of country. God Bless Clarence H. Bramley." Paul A. Yost, Jr., Admiral (Ret), USCG "The narrative is very compelling. As a POW, each man had to make the decision to live. Bramley's story delves into his struggle to keep his own humanity and new found faith in God. His devotion to his family and their values clearly sustains him and the reader is drawn into his daily need to survive. A delight to read." Roger Mansell, Director, Center for Research, Allied POWS Under the Japanese, Endorsed by Roger Mansell, Director,Center for Research, Allied POWS Under the Japanese, and Kinue Tokudome, Founder and Executive Director, US-Japan Dialogue on POWs., "Thanks is due William T. Garner for his careful assembling of Clarie's narrative and the facts couching it. Judge Garner was himself a Marine Corps jet fighter pilot in Korea, just one major conflict later in history, and the son of a World War II Marine who also served in combat in the Pacific theater. He is also the father of an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who served in Iraq and was wounded in Afghanistan. Upon his admiration for Mr. Bramley, he brings to bear his understanding of military command, strategy and protocol and of world events, and a remarkable ability to relate these clearly to the reader. Garner's presentation is straightforward, belying the difficulty of ordering and elucidating the disparate elements of this story. He takes care to let Bramley's history speak for itself, and in so doing, underscores his own admiration of this American hero. If Bramley and Garner served their country in uniform, they've done it again in compiling and sharing this inspiring history. Please, please let it inform our next great generation." Julia Marcois, "Meridian Magazine"

Dewey Decimal940.54/7252092 B

SynopsisMany books have been written about the Bataan Death March, but few have described the deep faith of the heroic men who experienced the horrors of that march. Among the survivors was Clarence Bramley. Tall and lean, he enlisted during World War II with dreams of flying P-40 fighter planes. But the reality of war often dashes young men's dreams. While waiting for the results of his pilot exams, his squadron was ordered to the Philippines where he serviced the very planes he was hoping to fly. Then in the spring of 1942, the islands fell to the Japanese. During the years that followed, Bramley experienced the brutal Death March, incarceration in the Philippines and Taiwan, nightmarish weeks on a Japanese Hell Ship, and forced labor in a prison camp at Kosaka, Japan. He suffered disease and brutality and witnessed the agonizing deaths of close friends and comrades - but he never lost faith in God.

LC Classification NumberD805.P6G37 2008