Keywords: US Navy 071018-N-3286A-064 USS Bataan (LHD 5) Commanding Officer, Capt. Rick Snyder, presents Bataan Death March Survivor, Air Force Master Sgt. (Ret.) Anton.jpg en PORTSMOUTH Va Oct 19 2007 - USS Bataan LHD 5 Commanding Officer Capt Rick Snyder presents Bataan Death March Survivor Air Force Master Sgt Ret Anton Tony Bilek a command ball cap after giving him a tour of the ship In return Bilek presented Snyder and other members of Bataan a book of memoirs he wrote about his days spent as a prisoner of war in a Japanese prison camp during World War II Bilek was one of 75 000 American and Filipino troops forced to endure the Bataan Death March a weeklong ninety-mile hike involving more than 10 000 people U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Brian Anderson RELEASED 2007-10-19 071018-N-3286A-064 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 51932 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Brian Anderson PD-USGov-Military-Navy Portsmouth Virginia Aboard USS Bataan LHD-5 |