John E. Olson Military person
John Eric Olson (November 27, 1917 – October 2, 2012) was a retired U.S. Army Colonel, West Point graduate (class of 1939), and one of the last surviving officers (perhaps the last) of the Bataan Death March of World War II. He was also a military historian and author of three books, as well as numerous magazine articles dealing primarily with his experiences as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and in Japan from 1942 to 1945.
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| service start | 1939 |
| service end | 1967 |