4.4 • 8.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Ben Steele, American is a documentary podcast limited series inspired by the book "Tears in the Darkness - The story of the Bataan Death March" by Elizabeth and Michael Norman and is hosted by Alec Baldwin.
In episode 5, Ben and those on the death march reach Camp O’Donnell, which would come to be known as the Andersonville of the Pacific. Listen to Ben Steele, American on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-ben-steele-american-98570427/
Produced by Jan Thompson, Zach McNees, and Alec Baldwin.
Jan Thompson is our writer and editor.
Zach McNees is our mixer, and post production supervisor.
Ben Steele American is inspired by the book Tears in the Darkness by Elizabeth and Michael Norman.
The cover art for each episode features original art by Ben Steele himself with graphic design by Ben Dunmore.
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0:00.0 | This podcast may contain language and content that is not appropriate for all audiences. |
0:07.0 | Some of the words used by the interviewees may be considered offensive. |
0:12.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States. |
0:15.0 | Several thousand Americans have met death in battle. |
0:20.0 | Other thousands will lose their lives. |
0:24.0 | But many millions stand ready to step into their places. |
0:29.0 | To engage in a struggle to the very death. |
0:33.0 | For they know that the enemy is determined to destroy us, our homes and our institutions. |
0:43.0 | That in this war it is killed or be killed. |
0:51.0 | Abandoned and faced with the harsh reality of capture, |
0:56.0 | the men had to find ways within themselves to survive. |
1:01.0 | And some survived by just plain luck. |
1:05.0 | Ben and his buddies had endured the battle and the surrender. |
1:09.0 | And they had survived the death march. |
1:12.0 | But it was far from over. |
1:14.0 | The next test was the camps. Ben Steele. |
1:19.0 | If you survived the first year, you had a pretty good chance of getting out. |
1:23.0 | At first years when they killed us off. |
1:26.0 | First months of, you know, that first month we were captured was brutal. |
1:31.0 | That was...they were trying to kill us. |
1:37.0 | Camp O'Donnell was the destination for Ben and those who had been on the death march. |
1:43.0 | O'Donnell had been intended to be a training camp for a Philippine Army infantry division. |
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