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Back From The Living Dead
MAJOR BERT BANK
An original story describing tho infamous March of Death; 33 months in a Japanese Prison and liberation by the Rangers.
Major Bert Bank
THIS Booklet is humbly dedicated to my Mother and Father, and to my many friends who were interested in me, and whose prayers were responsible for my deliverance from the ordeal described herein.
FOREWORD
He breezed through the office with a hearty laugh and a healthy handshake as he bid us farewell when going into service.
When he came back it was with the same sort of welcome. "The same old Bert" we said and undoubtedly these qualities helped him to survive the ordeal that had come in the intervening time.
Bert was on his way to becoming a crackerjack advertising solicitor at The Tuscaloosa News when the war clouds gathered. He left us to go into service in 1941 and he was called up from inactive status on his reserve commission.
From the time he left us until he came back this year, Bert went through a lot that many other men did not survive. He was taken prisoner of the Japs on Bataan, survived the Bataan March of Death and 33 months internment in a Jap prison camp. Now he's a patient at Valley Forge General Hospital where Army doctors are attempting to restore his sight to normal. The long, gruelling months on a meager diet took its toll.
But Bert doesn't complain. "There are a lot of other fellows less fortunate than I," he will tell you.
Many friends have asked him to tell of his experi- ences. During the course of bond tours and other public appearances in the Arm