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Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Fr. Curran in POW Camp from Ikeda Misa, 1945

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Identifier: SC-Curran.Letter.01
Abstract

Letter sent from Ikeda Misa, a Roman Catholic Japanese friend living in the occupied Philippines, to Fr. Curran while in POW camp in 1945. Translation credit to Dr. Noriko Day, who was contacted by Fr. Raymond Bryce in 2020.

Dates: 1945

"They Gave Their Blood: Memoirs of a Bataan Death March Chaplain" Memoir by Fr. John Leonard Curran, 1970

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Identifier: Curran - Memoir
Abstract

This is Fr. Curran's account of his time as a chaplain and POW in World War II, especially his time in the Bataan Death March. The manuscript was published by New Priory Press in 2025. There is a digital version and physical manuscript available upon request.

Dates: 1970