POW
The term POW is not synonymous with surrender. A large number of POW's were captured, either after their aircraft were shot down or their positions were overrun. The vast majority of those that did surrender were ordered to do so, more than 70,000 American and Filipino soldiers at Bataan alone. Before the "Death March" was over, somewhere between 5,000 and 11,000 would die.
I for one firmly believe that these men deserve everything and anything we can do for them.
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A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.
Theodore Roosevelt
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