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According to the book description of
Corregidor: From Paradise to Hell! “Ben is one of those millions of young men who were children
of the great depression. His narrative takes the reader through five years of his life, from 1940 to 1945. It tells of his
transition from a normal naive teenager to a battle-hardened soldier fighting a losing battle on Corregidor, and then suffering
the harsh, inhumane indignities heaped upon him as a prisoner of war when the Philippine Islands were surrendered to the Japanese
Forces on May 6, 1942.
This is a story of survival. How does
one survive three and a half years as a POW under a brutal enemy? It shows how an American boy becomes a man by adjusting
to a completely foreign environment, every day meeting the daily hardships, obstacles and challenges served up by the unfeeling
captor.”
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One reader of Corregidor:
From Paradise to Hell! said, “This is a book written by my uncle Ben Waldron. His experiences from the
age of 18 to over 22 years old while being a prisoner in a Japanese prison camp is factual in detail from a diary he secretly
kept for 4 years. This is a piece of history that the young people of the US should learn from. After reading, his account
of treatment as a POW for 4 years nothing can compare to POW's sacrifice as a soldier for his country. What is happening in
the world today is tragic but it hasn't continued for four years. What kept these men going and surviving unbelievable treatment
should be studied by our Military. What price freedom is explained in this book. Our county owes those men who died and lived
through this chapter in our history the price of freedom we enjoy today. As a parent this book is required reading for your
son, the experience of what others went through for us.”
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