Recounts the survival of Clay Conner Jr., who headed for the jungles and befriended pygmies rather than surrender to the Japanese in 1942 and become part of the Bataan Death March. 30,000 first printi
On April 9, 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines’ island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. A few hundred Americans placed their faith in their own hands and headed for the jung