OTHER BOOKS Kristin Gilpatrick is the author of other books about World War II: |
Army Air Corps Staff Sergeant Alf Larson (pictured at right on the bike he used to ride around the Philippines before the war) was one of 7,500 American servicemen whose courageous and tortured footprints will forever mark the bloody pages of World War II history as participants in the infamous week-long forced hike that became known as The Bataan Death March. Many of these tattered walkers took their final, brutal steps along that march as they fell prey to the hot sun, unquenchable thirst and hunger, jungle fevers and Japanese bayonets and rifles. For March survivors like Larson, "the hike" was merely the first of many steps through the gates of hellthe beginning of a nearly four-year battle to survive the Japanese captivity that followed it. In these pages, war history author Kristin Gilpatrick and Larson friend and researcher Rick Peterson tell the story of one prisoner of war's incredible and inspiring triumph over captivity, disease, torture, boredom and the demons of his own mindthe story of one man's Footprints in Courage. To order, visit Badger Books' Web site by clicking here. |
CONTACT US Kristin Gilpatrick, The Hero Next Door® P.O. Box 6132 Monona, WI 53716 Site designed by Sara Landolt |
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Welcome to the Web site for the non-fiction books by war history author Kristin Gilpatrick. |
CONTACT US Kristin Gilpatrick, The Hero Next Door® P.O. Box 6132 Monona, WI 53716 Site designed by Sara Landolt |
Army Air Corps Staff Sergeant Alf Larson (pictured at right on the bike he used to ride around the Philippines before the war) was one of 7,500 American servicemen whose courageous and tortured footprints will forever mark the bloody pages of World War II history as participants in the infamous week-long forced hike that became known as The Bataan Death March. Many of these tattered walkers took their final, brutal steps along that march as they fell prey to the hot sun, unquenchable thirst and hunger, jungle fevers and Japanese bayonets and rifles. For March survivors like Larson, "the hike" was merely the first of many steps through the gates of hellthe beginning of a nearly four-year battle to survive the Japanese captivity that followed it. In these pages, war history author Kristin Gilpatrick and Larson friend and researcher Rick Peterson tell the story of one prisoner of war's incredible and inspiring triumph over captivity, disease, torture, boredom and the demons of his own mindthe story of one man's Footprints in Courage. To order, visit Badger Books' Web site by clicking here. |
"We were hot, thirsty, sick and exhausted to the point you couldn't talk, couldn't see, didn't care. After a while everything just went blank in my mind; we were hardly conscious. For six days I just put one foot in front of the other over and over and over again." --ALF LARSON Bataan Death March Survivor & Japanese P.O.W. (pictured 9th from right, back row). |
OTHER BOOKS Kristin Gilpatrick is the author of other books about World War II: |
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