{"product_id":"resolve-from-the-jungles-of-ww-ii-bataan-the-epic-story-of-a-soldier-a-flag-and-a-promise-kept-9780425257746","title":"Resolve: From the Jungles of WW II Bataan, The Epic Story of a Soldier, a Flag, and a Promise Kept","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bob Welch\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn April 9, 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. But a few hundred Americans placed their faith in their own hands and headed for the jungles. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of them was twenty-three-year-old Clay Conner Jr., who had never even camped before . . .  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe obstacles to Conner's survival were as numerous as the enemy soldiers who ultimately put a price on his head: among them malaria, heat, jungle rot, snakes, and mosquitoes. Beyond that, the human threats of betrayal, capture, torture, and death. And, finally, he had to overcome self-doubt, struggle with the despair of burying comrades, deal with friction among his fellow American soldiers, and find a way to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut if conflict reveals character, Conner showed himself to be a man apart. Inspired by an unlikely alliance with a tribe of arrow-shooting pygmies, by the words in a dog-eared New Testament, and by a tattered American flag that he vowed to someday triumphantly fly at battalion headquarters, Conner emerged victorious from the jungle--after almost three years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eResolve \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of an unlikely hero who never surrendered to the enemy--and of a soldier who never gave up hope.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408907985047,"sku":"9780425257746","price":2171.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780425257746.webp?v=1767310784","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/resolve-from-the-jungles-of-ww-ii-bataan-the-epic-story-of-a-soldier-a-flag-and-a-promise-kept-9780425257746","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}