eBook Girocho: A GI's Story of Bataan and Beyond ePub

by Marlin Young and John Henry Poncio. After surviving the brutal Bataan Death March in spring 1942, Louisiana native John Henry Poncio spent the remainder of World War II as a Japanese prisoner, first at Camp Cabanatuan in the Philippines and later at Hirohata in Japan.

by Marlin Young and John Henry Poncio. In those three and a half years, . Army Air Corps sergeant Poncio suffered severe beatings, starvation, disease, and emotional and psychological abuse at the hands of his captors.

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John Henry Poncio Marlin Young1 may 2003. John Henry Poncio (1918-1998) continued to serve in the in the . Air Force from 1945 to 1953. Their book is a fitting tribute to the POWs in the Pacific, who fought in their unique way for the . Following his military career he worked as deputy tax assessor for St. Mary Parish in Morgan City, Louisiana

Girocho is an inspiring memoir, transcribed verbatim by Poncio’s wife, Inez, from nine hours of cassettes Poncio .

war effort, their friends, and their very lives.

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A Gi's Story of Bataan and Beyond. by John Henry Poncio, Marlin Young. Published June 2003 by Louisiana State University Press. For weeks, a dreary, smoky shroud had hung over our Japanese prison camp, blotting out the sun and doing nothing to alleviate the all-pervading, gloomy atmosphere.

Book DescriptionAfter surviving the brutal Bataan Death March in Spring 1942, Louisiana native John Henry Poncio spent the remainder of World War II as a Japanese prisoner. In Girocho, he relates his experiences with touching honesty, vividly describing the harsh conditions he and his comrades endured as well as the sometimes-funny clashes with Japanese culture.

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Published by: Louisiana State University Press

Published by: Louisiana State University Press. However, his resiliency, sense of humor, and cunning helped him to persist and to recover from the traumatic events without rancor toward the Japanese.