After surviving the brutal Bataan Death March in spring 1942, Louisiana native John Henry Poncio spent the remainder of World War II as a Japanese prisoner. In those three and a half years, U.S. Army Air Corps sergeant Poncio suffered severe beatings, starvation, disease, and emotional and psychological abuse at the hands of his captors. In Girocho, he relates his experiences with touching honesty, vividly describing the harsh conditions he and his comrades enduted as well as the sometimes-funny clashes with Japanese culture. Girocho was a samurai who resembled Robin Hood. Early on, Poncio...
After surviving the brutal Bataan Death March in spring 1942, Louisiana native John Henry Poncio spent the remainder of World War II as a Japanese pri...
