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Tom Cole: “He fought at Bataan and did the Bataan Death March.”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 33:07

But it bring them all back at the beginning of the war, pull them in Manila and then scuttle them, because you can't fight the Japanese Navy in gunboats and give him a rifle, turn him into an infantry man. He fought at Bataan and did the Bataan Death March. Banat's wine on it. But, you know, I think about what he went through. I have, you know, his medals were actually up on the wall in our home, and we got a very detailed account of service record and all that stuff. (33:07–33:11)

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Asserts that [Tom Cole's uncle] participated in the Bataan Death March during World War II.

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