This is worth reading, and listening to, in it's entirety - particularly Brown's post-war recovery and association with Hollywood stars (like a young John Wayne).
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...-bataan-death-march-dies-albert-brown-was-105
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-albert-brown-20110817,0,4879529.story
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...-bataan-death-march-dies-albert-brown-was-105
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, death-filled 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.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-albert-brown-20110817,0,4879529.story