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    One Man's Story
    One Man's Story
    One Man's Story
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    One Man's Story

    By Mary Boop

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    Jack Straley, author of Mud Between Our Toes has collaborated with his sisters, Mary Boop and Wanda Lang to produce this effort. It is the story of one man, and his challenges and tribulations while in Prisoner of War camps during World War II.

    This has been a labor of love and hopefully a continuing tribute to Mr. Hoard. We have tried to maintain accuracy as to how it was originally written and hopefully you will find it an interesting, educational history of this part of the war.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateSep 5, 2012
    ISBN9781477266755
    One Man's Story
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    Mary Boop

    Lester Earnest Hoard was born March 22, 1905 in Hamilton county, Texas. He was a farm boy with very limited education, but was patriotic to the core. He immediately followed his call to war when needed. When grown, he moved to California, where he resided until enlisting in the United States Army in 1940. He was immediately sent to the Philippines after completing basic training. He was assigned to and served in the Corps Of Engineers for the 803rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation Unit. Most of Mr. Hoards’ service time was served as a POW to the Japanese. He participated in and survived the Battan Death March. After Battan Mr. Hoard was relocated to a Prison Camp, Bilibib Prison Manila, Cabanatuan Camp 123. Here he was forced into “slave labor” in the mines. Upon being freed at wars end he settled once again in the Los Angeles, California area. He married Jewel Eunice Straley of Adamsville, Texas and worked many years as an inspector for Chrysler Corporation. Having read the account of his time in the military and prison camp, one develops a new appreciation for the man. He was one to never let someone, stranger or friend, go hungry again. He was unable to stop smoking the rest of his life, and now we better understand why. He spoke very little of his past experiences but retained bitterness for many years. In his later years he found peace through his church activities and I believe he finally forgave all who had mistreated him. During his marriage, he had no children of his own, but always had other children following him around. Mr. Hoard passed away May 18, 1980 at the age of 75. He is buried at Straley Cemetery in Adamsville, Texas

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      One Man's Story - Mary Boop

      One Man’s Story

      Transcribed By: Mary Boop

      Assisted By : Wanda Lang

      Jack Straley

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      © 2012 by Mary Boop. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 08/28/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-6608-3 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-6675-5 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012916103

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      WAR STARTED DEC. 8TH 1941

      LOST ON BATAAN

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      POST CARDS RECEIVED WHILE A

      PRISONER OF WAR

      LETTER RECEIVED AFTER RELEASE FROM PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN

      LESTER EARNEST HOARD

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      LESTER E. HOARD

      HAMILTON TEXAS

      Prisoner # 3840

      A Diary.

      One man that lived it,

                recorded it,

      . . . . and now shares it.

      Transcribed By: Mary Boop

      Assisted By : Wanda Lang

      Jack Straley

      Earnest Hoard kept a diary during his confinement during World War II. When he returned from the war it was apparently placed away and no one saw it until well after his death. When found it was protected by a brown canvas cover, it was yellowed and it was evident that it had been written with a dull pencil.

      I have tried to transcribe this exactly as it was written and because of this sometimes it will be difficult for the reader to determine the true or actual content.

      No matter how rough the text is, it is history, recorded by someone that lived it, made a record of it, and now shares it for anyone interested in wanting to know the true horrors our servicemen suffered to preserve a free world.

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      WAR STARTED DEC. 8TH 1941

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      The Bataan Death March was when 70,000 American and Philippino POW’s were forced to march 70 miles through jungle in a three day period. The march took one week and between 8. 000 and 10,000 men died from abuse, beatings, bayonets and starvation.

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      In defiance of accepted and established rules of war, Allied POW’s were forced into

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