Bataan Death March Survivor Julio Barela Dies at 101

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Bataan Death March Survivor Julio Barela Dies at 101

Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. 15 Feb 2018 By Ali Linan

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- At 5:30 a.m., before she would go to school, Anita Dawson's father Julio Barela would wake her up.

"There's so much to see in the morning. If you sleep in late, you don't see the sunrise, see the animals wake up. It's God's way of saying good morning," Dawson recalled her father telling her.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/02/15/bataan-death-march-survivor-julio-barela-dies-101.html

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Good story.

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"He would always say he's not a hero, he's a survivor. The heroes are the ones who died there," Dawson said.

And Barela worked hard to survive, even till the end, Dawson said, adding that he had a desire to live.

Salute and RIP sir.  You have my everlasting respect.