ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A doctor once told Albert Brown he shouldn't expect to make it to 50, given the toll taken by his years in a Japanese labor camp during World War II and the infamous, often-deadly march that got him there. But the former dentist made it to 105, embodying the power of a positive spirit in the face of inordinate odds....
Oldest Survivor Of Bataan Death March Dies At 105
By JIM SUHR, Associated Press: Nation
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 5:16pm
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