Ride
the Waves to Freedom
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"Why Calvin Graef repeated the horrors he endured at
the outset of World War II to author, Melissa Masterson, is a
mystery to me and many others. Over the years, many attempts to
pry the knowledge from Calvin failed or provided only small bits
and pieces of this important part of history. Such is the nature
of Calvin Graef and others who suffered the horrors of being a
prisoner of war. Their modesty and value of privacy kept many
of the details of the hell endured by the "Battling Bastards
of Bataan" locked away for those many years. Well, here it
is at last. The true and final chapter told completely and with
a dignity, which only the truth can bring forth.
--Harrison D. Taylor, Col., Retired
Former Director of the Bataan Memorial Museum, Santa
Fe, New Mexico
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Dedications
To the veterans, living and dead, of Bataan and Corregidor.
--Calvin Graef
To the memory and life of Calvin Graef, and to the men and
women, who served the United States in World War II and every
other war or conflict, giving of themselves so we might experience
the freedom so many take for granted.
--Melissa Masterson
