Sam Antonio Prisoner of War Part 1 (POW World War II)

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Part 1 on Sam Antonio, Native American (Acoma) Veteran of World War II, who was a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese in the Pacific front of the war. This story tells of how he was tortured for 24 hours with a bayonet.

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  • So proud of my grandpa! Thank you to all the vets.Always remember the P.O.W's

  • Mr. Antonio is an amazing man. It was an honor to help tell his story.

  • My great uncle was missing in action for 2 years, he was then found in the woods in france.

  • Wow... was he hiding or hurt or captured and escaped?

  • he was a p.o.w. , he escaped sumhow, he then started a succesfull busness chan, but got into a fight with the other founder (his brother) and i guess was finacialy ruined

  • That's too bad about the business. We appreciate his service and sacrifice as a soldier. We are thankful to him.

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  • That was a very heart felt story. If it wasn't for all our veterans , were would we be . what a great guy. Love hearing stories about the past.

  • Oh gosh, what a terrible experience. I'm glad there was one soldier who was kind. to him. And all for sharing fun talk about when they got back home. I'm glad he made it back home to a loving family, and hopefully some fun dates and good food! Thank you for sharing your story, Mr. Antonio.

  • I miss my great grandfather he lost :( and got captured now i can never see him i miss him but never saw him naw hes a p.o.w or m.i.a i dont really know but even tho america lost we do have equal amounts now and i dont give a fudge about who ever won (No offense)

  • This makes me think of my grandpa, who served in wwII. I miss him.

  • Wow. This must have been a scary experience for this man. I couldnt even imagine what it would be like to be a P.O.W.! Really sad for him to have to had experienced this! But great that he is here today to tell the story!

  • Some people are just terrible to POW's but at least theres some that realize that a POW is a person too

  • This video was sad. I can't imagen how hard it must have been to go through that.

  • I couldnt even imagen what that must have been like

  • Being a prisoner of someone must be a horrible feeling

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