Japanese navy, Japanese-American participation in, 123
Javanese prisoners of war, in Japan, 133
Jendryski, Frank, 212
Jenkins, Lt. Steve, 154
Jennings, Harvey V., 212
Jennings, Willard, 212
Jimbo, Mobuhiko, 63
Johnson, Robert, 212
Kagoshima, Japan, 179
Kanoya, Japan, 180–81
Kellogg, C. S., 193
Kimmel, Adm. Husband E., 18
King, Gen. Edward P., 32–34, 37
King, Harry, 213
King, Ronald J., 213
Klipfontein, 192
Kolbe, Lyle, 2123
Kumamoto, Japan, 175
Kwiatkowski, Joseph, 213
Leland, J. A., 193
Limay, Philippines, 95
Lingayen Gulf, 22
Little, Lt. John, 154
Lovering, Fred, 213
Lubao, Philippines, 59
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 10, 19, 187
defense of the Philippines, 10
guerrilla activity and, 78
request for troops, 22–23
tank mission of, 25
Malaria, 45, 104
Mamerow, Maj. John, 134, 148, 149, 158
death of, 166
description of, 150
health committee and, 154
tribute to, 166
Marshall, Gen. Geroge C., 22
Martin, Bob, 42, 68, 175
on Bataan Death March, 49
at Camp 17, 161
introduction to “Bunny”, 184
Mason, Raymond, 213
Massey, Howard I., 213
Massie, Charles, 213
Mathony, J. B., 193
Maywood Armory, 4
McArthur, Albert C, 213
Meueller, Alexander, 213
Miller, Robert, 213
Mitsui Company, 167
Moody, August, 213
Morin, Lt. Ben, 23, 24, 85
Moron, Philippines, 26
Moto San, 133, 135, 136
Mount Samat, 31
Mulholland, Orrie T., 42
Nagasaki, Japan, 175
bombing of, 171, 172
Nail pushers, 142
192d Tank Battalion
Company B, 3
casualties of, 211–13
survivors of, 188–89
Company C, 4
Company D, 4
Okinawa, 182
hurricane at, 186–87
Omuta, Japan, 175, 189. See also Camp 17
Orani, Philippines, 60
Orion-Bagac line, 31
Palawan camp, massacre at, 189, 211, 213
Pampanga, Philippines, 61
Patton, Gen. George S., 10
Pearl Harbor, attack on, 19
Peppers, Clemmath, 213
Peterson, Bob, 91
Peterson, Charles, 213
Philippines. See also specific places
American prisoners of war in, 42–64, 65–73, 107–13
defense plan for, 10
guerrilla activity in the, 78–84
people of the, 55, 60, 62, 79
Roosevelt on fighting in the, 41
Philippine Scouts, 22
at Lingayen Gulf, 24–25
Pilgar-Bagac line, 29, 45
Pocket Book of Verse, 81
Prayer Book for Jews..., 105
Prisoners of war
American: see American prisoners of war
Australian, 133
at Camp 17, 125–76
at Camp Cabanatuan, 107–13
at Camp O’Donnell, 65–73
Chinese, 133
English, 133
Javanese, 133
number of, 71
treatment of, 53–54, 59, 61–62, 65–66, 87, 97–99, 163
Radio Operator’s School, 7
Rainbow V, 10
Reed, William, 213
Riley, Lt., 79
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 37
San Fernando, Philippines, 61, 94–95
Sato Kibi San, 145–47
Schick General Hospital, 197, 198
family reunion at, 198–99
Schwass, Reuben, 213
Self, W. G., 193
Shockley, C. E., 193
Short, Gen. Walter C, 18
Singletery, E. R., 213
Sino-Japanese War, 8
Sorensen, Capt. Robert S., 33, 34, 213
Spencer, Norman, 213
Squires, E. E., 213
Swartz, Michael, 213
Swift, William, 213
Taiwan, 20
Tanaka, Lt., 114
Taylor, Ralph, 213
Tenney, Laura, 6–7
letter to, 13–14
marriage of, 9–10
postwar meeting with, 200–201
remarriage of, 184
Tenney, Lester I.
aboard the Hugh L. Scott, 14
aboard the Klipfontein, 192
aboard the Toro Maru, 114–21
on Angel Island, 12–14
bartering of among fellow POWs, 154–55
bartering with Japanese, 128–29, 132–33, 141–43
on bombing of Japan, 209
brothers of, 182–84
at Camp 17: see Camp 17
at Camp Cabanatuan, 107–13. See also Camp Cabanatuan
at Camp O’Donnell, 65–73. See also Camp O’Donnell
changes name, 2
as chaplain assistant, 14
discharge of, 206
as editor, 192
escape from Camp O’Donnell, 76–77
farming at Camp Cabanatuan, 110–11
father of, 2
at Fort Stotsenburg, 17
grandparents of, 2
guerrilla activity of, 78–84
in Hawaii, 14–16
hears of Laura’s marriage, 184
in Japan, 122–87
in Japanese prison camp: See specific camps.
entertainment director while, 149–153
length of time in, 151, 171
message to family from, 152–53
tooth extraction in, 157
weight loss while, 184–85
learns Japanese language, 100, 119
leaves Camp 17, 177
letters of
from Angel Island, 13–14
Trom Honolulu, 15–16
Lew Brittain and, 3, 14, 29, 188
malarial attacks of, 104
marriage of, 9–10
meets wife-to-be, 6–7
messages from, 18, 153
as mine worker, 126–30. See also Camp 17
mother of, 2
letter to, 8–9
in Philippines: See Philippines
postwar meeting with Laura, 200–201
postwar reunion with brother, 182
postwar visit to Japan, 207–10
as a POW, 42–64, 190
at Camp 17: See Camp 17
at Camp Cabanatuan, 107–13
at Camp O’Donnell, 65–73
psychological torture of, 128–29
at Radio Operator’s School, 7
recapture of, 84
reception in Manila, 187–88
reported missing in action, 40
return to Bataan, 190–91
return to Camp O’Donnell, 91
at Schick General Hospital, 198
family reunion at, 198–99
sisters of, 183
strategy to avoid labor, 138–41
on stretching rack, 89
at 29th Replacement Depot, 187, 191
war injuries of, 53–54, 61–62, 65–66, 87, 97–99, 163
welcome-home for, 201–2
wife of: see Tenney, Laura
Tenney, Lou, 182
Thorman, Russell T., 213
29th Replacement Depot, 187
192nd Tank Battalion at, survivors of, 188–89
Toro Maru, 114–19
Toru Tasaka San, 207–10
Tsuneyoshi, Capt., 66
Tuberculosis, 138
United States
bombing of Japan, 170–72
economic boycott of Japan, 8
United States Armed Forces in the Far East, 25
goodwill of Filipinos toward, 55, 62
military preparation of, 19, 20
prisoners-of-war from: see American prisoners-of-war
spies and infiltrators of, 28
war strategies for, 10, 11
University of Santo Tomas, 67
USAFFE: see United States Armed Forces in the Far East
Van Arsdall, George, 213
Van Liere, L. W., 193
Van Pelt, A., 213
Vonbergen, Willard, 213
Wainwright, Gen. Jonathan M., 22
command at Corregidor, 36
Moron highway mission, 26
surrender at Corregidor, 38
War Plan Orange III, 10, 25
Weller, George, 175, 176
Wickord, Maj. Theodore, 5–6
promotion of, 11
Winger, Lt. Edward G., 30, 213
Wiskowski, Joseph, 213
World War II, American casualties in, 41
Write, Walter, 213
Yamashita, Gen. Tomoyuki, 40, 63
Yeast, Willard, 189, 213
Z ward, 68
at Camp Cabanatuan, 10
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Lester Tenney is a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March. For a total of three and a half years, he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese, first in the Philippines and then in Japan. Tenney spent the first eighteen months after returning home in and out of army hospitals, where he underwent numerous operations on his shoulder and hip, both war- and prison camp-related injuries.
Tenney obtained his bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Miami in 1949 and taught at Miami Senior High School in 1950-51. Then Tenney entered the insurance business, in which he enjoyed seventeen successful years. He next received a master’s degree in business from San Diego State University. After teaching insurance, finance, and accounting at San Diego State, Dr. Tenney got his doctorate in finance and insurance from the University of Southern California.
Later Tenney worked with the Arizona state legislature in developing a retirement and insurance program for all Arizona State employees. Dr. Tenney is now a professor emeritus of insurance and finance from Arizona State University and continues to lead seminars dealing with retirement and financial issues.
Tenney’s many publications include the nationally acclaimed pre-retirement series “Planning for the Years Ahead” and a series of five booklets on financial planning entitled “Your Financial Education Series.” His most recent book, Your Financial Survival Under the Medicaid System, has won acclaim from the insurance and finance industry. My Hitch in Hell was really fifty-four years in the making. He maintains he spent four years researching the book and fifty years in writing it.
Dr. Tenney has one son, Glenn, and two grandsons, Aaron and Micah. His wife of thirty-four years, Betty, has two sons, Donald and Ed Levi, and three grandchildren, David, Aaron, and Crystal.
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