Oh, God, where are you? / Abie Abraham
Title
Oh, God, where are you? / Abie Abraham
Subject
Abraham, Abie, 1913-.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
United States. Army--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Description
Personal account (expansion of his earlier "Ghost of Bataan Speaks") of a Bataan combat veteran and American Prisoner of War.
Abraham was 28 years old when the war started, a sergeant in the US 31st Infantry Regiment. He saw combat in Bataan, the death march, and was incarcerated in Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan, among others. He was one of those rescued in the Ranger raid on the camp in January 1945. Since he had been an eyewitness to the deaths and burials of many American prisoners of war, he was assigned to help locate their bodies at the end of the war. He also testified in the war crimes trial against Masaharu Homma.
In this lengthy account, Abraham gave names and concrete circumstances in order to keep the memory of his friends alive and prove that the atrocities he saw actually happened.
Abraham was 28 years old when the war started, a sergeant in the US 31st Infantry Regiment. He saw combat in Bataan, the death march, and was incarcerated in Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan, among others. He was one of those rescued in the Ranger raid on the camp in January 1945. Since he had been an eyewitness to the deaths and burials of many American prisoners of war, he was assigned to help locate their bodies at the end of the war. He also testified in the war crimes trial against Masaharu Homma.
In this lengthy account, Abraham gave names and concrete circumstances in order to keep the memory of his friends alive and prove that the atrocities he saw actually happened.
Creator
Abraham, Abie
Publisher
New York : Vantage Press, c1997
Date
1997
Format
24 x 16 cm.
Type
Hardbound
Call Number
D 767.4 .A63 1997
Accession Number
13564
Pagination
xxii, 599 p.
Files
Collection
Citation
Abraham, Abie, “Oh, God, where are you? / Abie Abraham,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed December 16, 2025, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/572.