02083cam a2200301 4500 2445665909 TxAuBib 20250716120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781705096963 1705096964 678dc61b-9a44-4a6d-8409-6f39ff730d06 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9575432 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Brotherton, Marcus. The Long March Home [Bridges Audiobook] : A World War II Novel of the Pacific. Recorded Books, Inc., 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 338MB. HTML:Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.<br /> Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.<br /> Life in the Philippines seems like paradise—until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor.<br /> Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.<br /> What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive. Christian Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-07-14 20:00:02. Lee, Tosca. Walther, Nick. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=678dc61b-9a44-4a6d-8409-6f39ff730d06&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)