Robert J. Wells

1st Lieutenant Waverly would not be surrendering to the Japanese on April 9, 1942, like tens of thousands of Philippine and Americans did before making the infamous Bataan Death March. Thousands of these Allied soldiers would die over the next five days on this march, but Leu and five other brave souls decided they would rather make a daring attempt to evade the enemy. Leu’s chance of survival was low—after all, he was an officer who spoke and wrote Japanese, and was trained in counter-intelligence. Capture, interrogation and eventual beheading were real risks. But getting home was more important. My Father’s War tells the tale of Team Six and is a riveting, fact-based drama of World War II and the soldiers who helped to shape its effect on the future.