Gene Jacobsen was a native Idahoan who overcame the Bataan Death March to fulfill many years of service in higher education. In a period of my life when I was starting a family, going to school and generally enjoying the comforts of 20th-21st Century American life, he spent those same years digging in Japanese coal mines, starving and enduring torture in various forms.
Before he passed away in 2007, Mr. Jacobson wrote a book on his experience titled "We Refused to Die". RadioWest rebroadcasted their interview with him today and it shouldn't be missed (the podcast should be available within 24 hours).
Hope you all had a memorable Memorial Day.
Monday, May 25, 2009
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