Left Behind: When America Surrendered WW2

Astounding real-life experiences of the people left behind after the Fall of The Philippines -- when America surrendered in early WW2. From the Bataan Death March to Japanese hell ship voyages to the Philippine Resistance, I research and share stories from this forgotten part of WW2 in the Pacific Theater. I’m your host, Anastasia Harman. I’m a researcher and writer turned podcaster ... on a mission to keep the legacies of these men and women alive. Heroes who gave their all, and all-too-often their lives, only to have largely been overlooked by history. Together, we’re going to change that. This is Left Behind.

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Episoder(61)

Don Robins Miraculously Escapes the First B-17 Lost in WW2

It was the morning of December 10, 1941. Captain Colin Kelly and Lt. Don Robins piloted their B-17 “Flying Fortress” Bomber on to the bombed-out runway at Clark Field in The Philippines. They refueled...

20 Feb 202327min

Ralph Brown: The First Chaplain Honored in WW2

While everyone else ran for cover, Chaplain Ralph Brown drove straight into the bombs, machine gunning, and destruction of Japan’s first air attack on The Philippines. Brown collected wounded men in h...

13 Feb 202330min

Lester Tenney’s 7-Decade Quest

Being released from a POW camp was just the beginning of Lester Tenney's quest... In 1940, Lester Tenney joined a tank unit in the US Army Reserves, hoping to serve 1 year and then move on with his li...

6 Feb 202330min

Frank Pyzick: The Marine who Announced World War 2

Major Frank Pyzick, US Marine Corps, rode thru a navy yard announcing the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the start of World War 2 to the Marines in The Philippines. 5 months later he was captured by Japa...

30 Jan 202327min

Introducing: Left Behind

20,000 American and 70,000 Filipino service men and women were captured when the United States surrendered The Philippines to Japan in April 1942. Probably half of them never made it home. Coming Ja...

23 Jan 20233min