RARE SELF PUB. : Return Of The Rogues A Marine ' S Story BATAAN Japanese POW 1st Ed
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This auction is for a VERY RARE New Old Stock 1st. edition, self published, nice quality hardcover book, THE RETURN OF THE ROGUES: A MARINE UNIT'S FIGHT FOR LIFE AND FREEDOM, by Ted Williams. The book is in FINE (new) condition. This book is the account of Ted Williams' military experiences from the time of his arrival in 1941 at the world famous Pier Seven, in Manila, to his release in 1945 from a prison camp in Fukuoka, Japan. Shipping for this book is $4.00 via Media Mail, U...SPS, within the USA. No International Shipping.
Obituary published in Orange County Register on December 28, 2006
Williams, Theodore Ralph, 85, passed away on Dec. 22, 2006 in Anaheim, CA. He was a proud member of the U.S. Marine Corps and a survivor of the Bataan Death March during WWII about which he published two books....
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Book Description:
The Return of the Rogues: a Marine Unit's Fight for Life and Freedom
By: Ted Williams
Genre/Form: Personal narratives, American
California: Ted R. Williams, 2004
Material Type: Historical
Document Type: Hardcover Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ted Williams
ISBN: 0615125433
Notes: Expanded version of the author's 1979 book, Rogues of Bataan.
Description: 206 pages, 12 pages of photos & illustrations
Table of Contents:
Cavite : 1940-41 --
Rise of the Imperial Sun --
Cavite dies --
Rush to Bataan --
Pick a spot and dig in --
The enemy closes in --
Move out or be shelled under --
The Rogues tighten and toughen --
The big shake up --
The longest day --
The "death march" --
Bilibid : 1942-1944 --
Sekiho Maru, Manila to Moji --
Camp #17, Miike, Kyushu --
Camp #1, Fukuoka, Japan
Excerpt from the US Congressional Record September 28, 2006:
Following the death of his beloved step-father in 1935 and his family's ensuing financial challenges, Ted Williams left Tustin High School during his senior year and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. On January 18, 1940, he was sworn in as a ``Boot Marine'' and immediately deployed to the Philippine Islands where he was stationed in the Manila area near Clark Field, Cavite and Mariveles, part of the 4th Marine Regiment and home port to the 16th Naval District Fleet. Less than a year later, on December 7th, 1942, the United States was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. The very next day, the Japanese attacked the Philippines; and Williams found himself cut-off from the rest of the world.
Alone, hungry and wounded, Williams and his military comrades waged a brave three-month fight against the enemy yet, ultimately, were forced to join a massive surrender--and the infamous Bataan Death March. For a week, more than 75, 000 American prisoners marched 160 kilometers in the searing April heat toward primitive prison camps. Along the way, Williams and his fellow soldiers were aided by Filipino civilians, mostly women and children, who heroically provided water and food to the survivors of the march. Ultimately however, more than 10, 000 soldiers died at the hands of the enemy through torture, disease, starvation and murder. Surviving the march yet in failing health, Williams was eventually sent to The Zero Ward at Bilibid, a dilapidated prison functioning as a crude hospital. There he recovered from amebic dysentery only to suffer a host of new injuries brought-on by harsh prison labor that lasted for nearly two years.
In June 1944, he was sent to a prison camp in the north at Cabanatuan where he was assigned to the torturous runway construction crew. A month later, Williams was shipped via prisoner boat transport (known as Hell Ships) to Camp 17 in Kyushu, Japan, where he served as a slave
laborer in a coal mine, followed by time served at Camp 1 in Fukuoka, Japan. On August 25th, 1945, just weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Williams and his fellow POW's were released by their captors.
Discharged from the Marine Corps in 1946, Williams returned to Orange County and married Dolores Wallace, whom he later divorced. After a series of odd jobs, Williams built a steady career with Sears in Southern California. In 1972, he moved to Santa Ana, where he met and married Lillian May Phipps, his travel companion and fellow adventurer. It was Lillian who brought Williams back to the Philippines to retrace his POW experiences, a trip Williams has since made 21 times. In February of 1979, Williams underwent open heart surgery and, as part of his physical and emotional recovery, began work on ``Rogues of Bataan, '' an autobiographical account of the Bataan Death March.
