About the Program
Elizabeth Norman and Michael Norman recount America's first large scale land battle of WWII. The conflict which occurred on the Philippine peninsula, Bataan, from January to April of 1942 between Japanese, American and Filipino soldiers resulted in the surrender of 76,000 American and Filipino soldiers who endured a forty-one month imprisonment, which included hard labor and torture. This event was hosted by Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.
Michael Norman
Michael Norman is the author of These Good Men: Friendships Forged from War. He is a former reporter for the New York Times and is currerntly a journalism professor at New York University.
Elizabeth Norman
Elizabeth Norman is the author of Women at War and We Band of Angels. She is a professor of humanities at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
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