From AP.
ALBERT BROWN, 105
By End of War, Nearly Blind, Broken Back and Neck, Had Suffered Through a Dozen Diseases.
After the war, Albert Brown was told he couldn't expect to live many more years, maybe to age 50, because of all he had endured during the time he was a prisoner of the Japanese.
"Doc" Brown, a dentist, was nearly 40 in 1942 when he went on the Bataan Death March with 78,000 others along the infamous 65-mile trek. As many as 11,000 died after being denied water, food and medical care. Those who stumbled or fell were shot, stabbed or beheaded.
He remained a POW from early 1942 until mid-September 1945, living solely on rice during which he lost 80 pounds.
A Remarkable Man. One of the Greatest Generation.
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