{"id":2800,"date":"2007-11-08T15:51:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T23:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2007\/11\/08\/15\/51\/hitched-into-hell\/"},"modified":"2007-11-08T15:51:42","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T23:51:42","slug":"hitched-into-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2007\/11\/08\/15\/51\/hitched-into-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitched Into Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lester Tenney was a soldier in the US Army during World War 2. He was captured by the Japanese Army and forced to walk (and survive) the Bataan Death March<\/a>. In his autobiography, My Hitch In Hell<\/em><\/a>, he described what he saw when he arrived at his concentration camp:<\/p>\n

Once outside, I saw they had another American spread-eagled on a large board. His head was about ten inches lower than his feet, and his arms and feet were outstretched and tied to the board. A Japanese soldier was holding the American\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nose closed while another soldier poured what I later found out was salt water from a tea kettle into the prisoner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mouth. In a minute or two, the American started coughing and throwing up water. The Japanese were simulating a drowning situation while the victim was on land. Every few seconds an officer would lean over and ask the prisoner a question. If he did not receive an immediate answer he would order that more water be forced into the prisoner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mouth. I could not believe my eyes. Torture of this nature was something I had read about in history books. It was used during the medieval times, certainly not in the twentieth century. My God, I wondered, what is in store for me? My entire body became clammy, and I felt a sort of internal shaking, where my insides seemed to be moving all around. My face grew hot and my eyes opened wide as I said to myself, “What now?”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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