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Lester Tenney(1920-2017)

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A group of aging former WWII POWS take on multibillion-dollar Japanese corporations who used them as slave laborers during the war, in a class action lawsuit that uncovers decades old war abuses.
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Lester Tenney was born on 1 July 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Betty. He died on 24 February 2017 in Carlsbad, California, USA.
BornJuly 1, 1920
DiedFebruary 24, 2017(96)
BornJuly 1, 1920
DiedFebruary 24, 2017(96)
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The Inheritance of War
7.4
  • Self
  • 2009
Liberation of the Philippines
Short
  • Self
  • 2000
The Bomb (2015)
The Bomb
7.6
TV Movie
  • Self - Ancien combattant de la guerre du Pacifique
  • Self - Veteran des Pazifikkriegs
  • 2015

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  • The Bomb (2015)
    The Bomb
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Self - Ancien combattant de la guerre du Pacifique
    • Self - Veteran des Pazifikkriegs
    • 2015
  • The Inheritance of War
    7.4
    • Self
    • 2009
  • Liberation of the Philippines
    Short
    • Self
    • 2000

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  • Born
    • July 1, 1920
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • February 24, 2017
    • Carlsbad, California, USA
  • Spouses
      ?? - 1945 (annulled)
  • Other works
    Book: "My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March". Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's Inc; ISBN-13: 978-0028811253
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    A survivor of the Bataan "Death March"--in which Japanese troops killed thousands of US and Filipino POWs taken during the capture of the Philippines in World War II on a long march to a prison camp--he later became a university professor.

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