Lester Tenny Quotes


If you fell down, you were dead.


Context

The prisoners would be beaten and cut with swords. If they fell down, they would be bayoneted or beheaded as shown in the graphic—an actual photograph of the time.


Citations

Lester Tenney, U. S. Army Sergeant & Author, Prisoner of War of the Japanese on the Bataan Death March, Interview, The History Channel, December 7, 2003

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

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