interview-Tosca Lee’s novel on the Bataan Death March--”The Long March Home”

Acclaimed novelist Tosca Lee paints a powerful portrait of three young mobile, Ala. men who rush to enlist, and get sent to Manilla. Everything is wonderful until Dec. 8, 1941, when the Japanese begin their massive invasion. When the US and Filipino forces surrender, they are treated with disdain and neglect as they are forced into the infamous Bataan Death March. The punishment and torment they endure as POW brothers-in-arms who are determined to survive and return home, is incredible, horrendous. They never forget their bond, and sacrifice constantly for each other. Can any of them make it home?