Jim Bollich, Bataan Death March Survivor 1 of 2
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2012
- Interview with Jim Bollich, who was captured in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II and survived the Bataan Death March. He spent the war in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Part One.
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This is my uncle. The boys from Mowata Louisiana. That’s all my family.
Is he still alive? Your uncle is a hero but sadly Americans disrespect men like him because of celebrities who never sacrificed a thing. This man is as American as apple pie god bless you and your whole family
They don't make them like Him anymore.
Your uncle is a hero
America owes everything to these soldiers who went through so much. No one can describe the immense suffering they went through. The pain, humiliation, torture, it was a crime against humanity
My grandfather was a Filipino Scout...we are still uncertain how he passed, or if he had to suffer that long death march from Bataan or fell in Corregidor. You are still in our hearts, Rest In Peace Marcelino Bañados!
Good bless your grandfather. He’s part of the Greatest Generation. Men like him saved us!
Philip Nestor, thank you, Philip!
May all those who sacrificed it all, Rest In Peace!
rest in peace your grandfather he sacrificed god bless people in the death march will be remembered for all their sufferings
My uncle Vic Collier was a survivor and before his passing in 1976 he recorded three reel to reel tapes of his entire ordeal. I have these tapes and I'll say school doesn't accurately handle this subject. His story is amazing......
Wanna share? :)
you should offer a copy to the library of congress
God bless his dear soul!
Tom, if you haven't already, you absolutely need to send those tapes off. Physical tapes can only last so long, by getting them digitized we will have those tapes forever. Many generations from now will be able to hear your uncle's stories. They NEED to hear your uncle's stories.
My uncle survived The Bataan death march. He only spoke of it once, in a letter just to me. I asked him of his service for a grade school project. He first words in the letter... " Only for you my sweet girl" . At the end he asked if I would never again ask him for information about it. All I said in my report was what he had written. I got an A-, only because I didn't actually write a report. The teacher had tears streaming from her eyes.
This should never be forgotten.
my 90 year old uncle went to College with Jim Bollich at SLI university in Lafayette, Louisiana, my uncle is a WWII vet as well and he just gave me a Book written by Mr Bollich "Bataan Death March", and i cannot put it down, what ya'll endured is beyond imaginable, thank you sir for your service and sacrifice.
I'm nick bollich, do you mind telling me more about this man? I've been away from my family and saw this trying to look them up
Nick: I am Mr. Bollich's son-in-law. Jim is now a 98 year old WWII vet still living in Lafayette. He lives independently, still drives and is as sharp as ever. If you are part of his family he would love to hear from you. If you just want to know more about him and his war experiences, read his book.
@@ronaldgilbert4557 yeah if you would like to contact me my email is nicolasbollich86@gmail.com
Thank you for showing this video. I honor all those who fought for our freedom. My grandfather who adopted me...was in the Battan Death March and he told me many stories....about what happened. His stories sounded a lot like this man.
My great uncle died April 30 1942 in the Philippines on the death march. His Name was Murl Scott PFC. He was with the 31 infantry regiment. His body was never found. If anyone knows any information about him please let me know.
Greetings and thank you for your oral history. My dad Oscar Otero, Los Lunas, New Mexico 200th Coast Artillery was at Clark Field, in the Bataan Death March and the camps, and survived the Oryoku Maru and ended up in Japan at Fukuoka camp 17--between Hiroshima and Nagasaki. My dad died on Easter Sunday 1951 at age 28 at Brooks Army Hospital from multiple cancer sites. Thank you again for this posting.
God Bless you Sir! I cannot image what you had to endure...
BTW: The Japanese Haven't changed a bit, they've simply re-written their history to delete any reference to any of what you speak of... They only remember Nagasaki & Hiroshima, Not the 10 of Millions they Tortured, Raped, Maimed and Killed, leading up to the bombings...
Ch1n4Sailor ikr the young generations think they are the VICTIMS lol
That's messed up. Pop culture would make you think Japan was our friend now. I guess not
Never forget what Japan did. Is Japan ever going to apologize for Nanjing or Unit 731? They did worse things than the Nâzì$, worse things than any other nation on Earth, yet they still won't apologize. Shâméful.
My maternal uncle, Blair Robinett, was one of the few survivors of The Bataan Death March. The ONLY time he ever spoke of it was when a fellow survivor wrote a book about it and Uncle Blair was interviewed for it. The survivors met every year - every 7 December . I, presume, that they spoke about it. Uncle Blair said he could only speak about it with his "brothers." The other survivors.
I could not imagine the hell u went through , god blessed u , wasnt ur time to go..ur a hero
They are indeed the greatest generation..
My Uncle died on the Shinyo Maru by friendly fire after surviving the death march.
Was it an accident or was there foul play involved do you know? Just curious
It was accidental as no Red Cross markings were put on the Shinyo Maru
Poor, poor man. Bless you!
Thank you for showing this video sir, and god bless you👍🙏
Can you even imagine what this veteran went through ? CAN YOU ??
This man really went through hell.
I'm sorry you had to suffer such inhuman conditions sir. I'm happy we uttelry defeated and inflicted suffering on such a depraved enemy.
What a story! Couldn't imagine what these men went through
Great story. Thanks for your service.
this is why we love Americans back home..they were our big brothers in the WW
2
Isn't the human race just wonderful?
This is just part of it. The heights match the depths.
The U.S. worked alongside Filipino troops to try and fight back against the Japanese. For your information, the Japanese invaded the United states FIRST. It was a surprise attack on the United States with no warning. The United States citizens didn't want to have anything to do with the war in general (though I can't say the same about FDR and the government). And I don't see why you hold so much against the U.S. when even after we won the war with Japan, we sent troops to try and stabilize it.
watching this on the anniversary of Hiroshima, don't want to feel sympathy for anybody other than our soldiers who many were well off, left for war knowing they were not coming back. They were all heroes.
I agree
August 23rd 1940? I joined the first time August 24th 2010!
God Love you Sir❤️ Because every Living American Should 🇺🇸
Here is what I don't understand. McArthur gets all the glory, but he fled the islands like a coward (I don't care if he was ordered or not. Any other time 'Dugout Doug' did whatever the hell he wanted, as he did often in Korea). Gen. Wainright is forgotten, yet he bravely fought alongside his men until the end. My next question is this: having served in the military and being familiar with the Code of Conduct which says you are not to surrender while you still have the means to fight, why were US/Filipino forces surrendered? @ 2:02 Mr. Bollich relates the order to destroy all 'arms and ammunition, which we did.' Why? The final question is, why, at the same time, did hundreds/thousands of US and Filipino soldiers flee to the jungle and keep fighting if resistance was futile (it was not, as evidenced by the resistance these men offered to the Japanese until US forces returned). Meaning absolutely no disrespect, but the surrender and Death March seem to be such an embarrassing blot on the US's military performance (and McArthur's horrible leadership), and the retribution sought after the war on Gen. Homma was simple revenge - revenge for embarrassing McArthur. The men McArthur left to die are on his conscience, and HE should have been on trial for their deaths. The Japanese had more faith in the US forces than their own command and they stated they never thought US forces would simply stop fighting while sitting on weapons and ammo. I don't get it, and iIdon't understand why our country praises McArthur. He was a buffoon and a coward. Any man alive could have commanded his overwhelming forces and achieved the same results. His victories were handed to him by an amazing war industry, a great Navy and limitless supplies.
Damn...
Whats a good documentarty or movie of the hell u survive?
Saw one on the “hell ships “ were the pows spent weeks onboard the ships in the dark and terribly hungry and thirsty as such little food or drink was given. No water for washing either and mostly no toilet
AFGlobalStrike--a clarification... I always emphasize that the American troops, mostly National Guard from New Mexico, were in the Philippines before Pearl Harbor, so before U.S. had declared war. I would like to understand why, by whose order.
Nancy, the U.S. had had a military presence there since the end of the Spanish-American War. In the case of troops who arrived a few months before Pearl Harbor, this was likely in anticipation of imminent hostilities.
My heart goes out to the Japanese people, they suffered horrible losses. War ugly no matter what side you're on. But you've got to realize that Americans suffered too. My great-uncle was killed by a Kamikaze fighter who crashed into an artillery ship that my uncle was on. Why would you ever want to do something like what happened in the Bataan Death March again? It was horrific, inhumane, and cruel. Many Japanese leaders were tried and put to death for disobeying the Geneva Convention.
The Japanese were so aggressive and cruel that members of the Nazi party stationed in China observing the Japanese rule were disgusted enough to complain to Hitler. Imagine what you must do to make even a Nazi disgusted. But yes, they of course suffered countless losses. The firebombing of Tokyo was the deadliest bombing raid ever, even more deadly than the nuke. Thankfully, we have put all of that to rest and have become close allies.
My two uncles were there with the 200th coast artillery from New Mexico.... The little I got from them as to the reason why the New Mexicans were sent to the Phillipines was because in the Phillipines, Spanish could be understood from the Hispanic soldiers among the troops from New Mexico.... And too, the fellows from New Mexico could stand the Heat in the tropics much better what with the kind of heat New Mexicans suffer in their summers.... GOD BLESS RALPH SEDILLO AND JOSEPH PAIZ....
I worked for a guy who survived this. He lived long enough to witness the tsunami on Japan. Hed get so excited when he saw the news footage of that water washing over those walls inundating Japan. He’d laugh joyously.
The dislikes are Tojo's other yt accounts.
The japanese packed all those men in the hull of "hell ships", set it back to Japan with no markings to be torpedoed and bombed by allies....wow, what a way to go...sad
The retreat of all USAFFE force in Bataan was a huge mistake. They knew its a trap and no escape. From the start they should scatter around Luzon and fought in guerrilla tactics. They did ambush and saboteur till the large US convoy arrive and regroup with this reinforcement and counter attack.
Still to this day the Japanese deny doing any of this.
The Japanese had the POWS empty their pockets. If a POW had anything that was Japanese was immediately executed, beheaded. God bless you. Glad you survived that ordeal.
My Uncles did not survive the death march.
im so sorry
GOD BLESS NORTH AMERICA & EVERYONE ELSE WHO BELIEVES IN ALL THAT IS GOOD FROM LOVE NOT EVIL, AS FEAR 'cRe@tEs HELL ON EARTH NOT HEAVEN !
my father was an infantryman of the 5 1st division usaffe deployed in mt. natib during the bataan n siege, a warded the purple heart and later the legislated congressional medal of honor, an uncle was cross number 147 at the libingan ng mga bayani in the tombs of the unknown soldiers the last time i visited the place the concrete crosses were no longer there it was all removed to accommodate the fake hero Marcos...
We uke Japan if Japan had won we all would of batan death marches
Never forget what Japan did. Is Japan ever going to apologize for Nanjing or Unit 731? They did worse things than the Nâzì$, worse things than any other nation on Earth, yet they still won't apologize. Shâméful.
They were tried as war criminals. Why hate? Where is that going to get you?
Ask them why they HATE, dum dum!
Incidentally, as for most powerful military you are interested in. don't you know there is an idea of France - Germany - Russia alliance? If Japan joins it, then I guess it will be the most powerful, covering the whole Eurasia continent and the Pacific. E Europe will join it so it will be the greatest for sure. I guess you are ultra ethnocentric you don't even know it even though you are wire tapping every JP facility lol.
BEEN SET UP BY OSS MUCH? ARE YOU SURE THEY'RE ACTUAL IMPERIAL ARMY? OFFICERS CARRIED SWORDS, OR MODERN M4S? HAWAI'I? EVER HEARD OF GREEN HAT SHOSHONE CHIEF WASHA-AKI AND HIS CREW OF SUPERTANNED ASIAN INJINS THAT HELPED TO DESTROY THE NATIVE REDS FOR THE ARMY WITH M4S, MORTARS & ATVS... IN THE 1800S? MIGHT BE A RELATIVE OF CHIEF TOJO (TOYOTOMI CASTLE) OUT EAST.
The imperial army deliberately left pows hungry and thirsty and no washing on the transport ships to japan. Sometimes for several weeks in a row.
Japanese people are good people. It's government of that time
Jason Burdette not really lol
Jason Burdette bs