My uncle Norm was abandoned in 1942 in the Phillipines when Macarthur pulled out, he lived in the jungle for nearly 3 years, unable to use a gun as the Japanese had overrun the islands. He could catch fish with his hands! Some of his men died of scurvy and malnutrition. He never talked about his ordeal, preferred to keep it inside, but he did tell my aunt some really horrible tales of the ordeal.

God bless those who keep us safe, and those who have paid the price.