In May, Japan apologized for the Bataan Death March—the torturous trek that killed 2,500 men in 1942. Ever since, the survivors have been debating whether to accept it. By Michael Norman
Michael Norman, is the co-author, with Elizabeth M. Norman, of recently published Tears In the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2009), a book that features Ben Steele and his war art. Michael, a former combat Marine from Vietnam, is an Associate Professor in the Literary Reportage program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University.