A World War II Story of Survival, Love, and Redemption

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Amidst the epic clashes of armies and navies that make war such a fascinating subject, lie the smaller human interest stories that prove just as compelling. One such story is that of World War II soldier Joe Johnson Jr., which is told by Marcus Brotherton in a newly published book called A Bright and Blinding Sun: A World War II Story of Survival, Love, and Redemption.

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0:00.0	Bratmicae here in Wacomptoon of the Art of Manliness podcast admits the epic clashes of
0:12.5	armies and navies that make wars such a fascinating subject by the smaller human interest stories
0:16.9	that prove justice compelling.
0:18.6	One such story is that of World War II soldier Joe Johnson Jr., which is told by Marcus
0:22.9	Brotherton in a newly published book called A Brighton Blinding Sun, a World War II story
0:27.5	of survival, love and redemption.
0:30.0	Today on the show, Marcus shares how Joe sought to escape the pressures of the broken family
0:33.6	and the Great Depression by joining the US Army at age 14.
0:36.7	We discuss how Joe ended up in the Philippines fell in love with a teenage prostitute named
0:40.5	Pepetrawe there and helped smuggler out of her brothel.
0:43.2	We think into how Joe is captured by the Japanese and the heroin experience he had to endure
0:46.9	as a prisoner of war, including being locked up in a box smaller than a coffin.
0:50.8	We in our conversation with the discussion of Joe's life after the war, and Marcus shares
0:54.3	what happened to Pepetrawe, how Joe dealt all the trauma he had experienced when he's
0:57.5	really still just a kid, and what lessons Marcus has taken away from Joe's life.
1:00.8	After the show's over, check out our show notes at aewim.is slash Joe.
1:16.8	Marcus Brothers and welcome back to the show.
1:19.4	Thanks, Brad.
1:20.4	Great to be here.
1:21.4	Aewim Podcast trivia, you were the very first guest on the Aewim Podcast way back in
1:28.2	September 2009 where we discussed your book, We Who Are Alive and Remain.
1:33.2	It's about the band of brothers.
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