Joe Kieyoomia

Joe Kieyoomia

An American soldier named Joe Kieyoomia was the only prisoner of war to survive both the Bataan death march and an atomic bomb blast. He was also beaten for months by his Japanese captors who believed him to be Japanese-American when he was, in actuality, of Navajo descent.

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