James Bollich
James Bollich is a 102-year-old World War II US Army veteran. He survived the Bataan Death March, numerous diseases, starvation, a thirty-two-day sea voyage crammed into the hold of a Japanese hell-ship, and a three-and-one-half year frost-bitten sojourn as a POW in a Manchuria prison camp. He went on to earn a degree under the G.I. Bill and had a successful career as a geologist in Lafayette Louisiana where he lives today. He is very close to his daughters Sally Bru and Melinda Gilbert.
James Bollich is a 102-year-old World War II US Army veteran. He survived the Bataan Death March, numerous diseases, starvation, a thirty-two-day sea voyage crammed into the hold of a Japanese hell-ship, and a three-and-one-half year frost-bitten sojourn as a POW in a Manchuria prison camp. He went on to earn a degree under the G.I. Bill and had a successful career as a geologist in Lafayette Louisiana where he lives today. He is very close to his daughters Sally Bru and Melinda Gilbert. See less
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Luck or Miracle: A World War II POW's Survival Story
A Remarkable Story!
ââ?¬Å"Luck or Miracleââ?¬Â? by Reginald Bollich, intimately recounts the remarkable real-life experiences of his 102-year-old cousin by the name of James ââ?¬Å"Jimââ?¬Â? Joseph Bollich, a true ... Read More