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prison, Bihbid, where we were sent, next door to some of the last survivors of Bataan and Corregidor. I explained how lucky we were to have lived through the Battle of Manila that began only five weeks later, a battle that left Manila, once known as the “ftarl of the Orient,” in ruins.
Now, 15 months after Laura’s call, the Gowen family is about to visit the Philippines to see where all this happened. Our trip has required planning on a scale not seen since the landings on Luzon that brought the troops that liberated us! We arrive in small groups, children and grandchildren, over a period of five days. One grandson still doesn’t know if he can join. His football team, perversely, keeps wmmng and he
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