Bataan Death March POWs seek restitution from Japanese companies that used them for slave labor [video 57min]

WWII soldier Harold Poole joins trial lawyer James Parkinson and newspaper columnist Lee Benson to discuss their new book Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts, and Congress, which chronicles Poole's life and his legal battle, along with other POWs, to seek restitution from Japanese companies that used them for slave labor following the Bataan Death March of April 1942. In the Bataan Death March, the Japanese soldiers marched Poole and other POWs 85 miles in Manila's blistering heat and then shipped them to work as slaves for private Japanese corporations. Approximately 1,000 American soldiers died on the march. During the event, Sen. Orrin Hatch discussed his support of legislation that will help American WWII veterans who were enslaved receive compensation for their labor. This event was hosted by Deseret Book Company in Salt Lake City.