Surviving Death By A Thousand Cuts

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Surviving Death By A Thousand Cuts is a gut-wrenching story about a Dutch-Indonesian immigrant family that moved to the United States in 1956. It is the life story of the eldest son of Willy JC Wetzel and Gerry Hermina Wetzel who both were captured by the Japanese in Indonesia at the start of World War II. Wim describes through stark words that foster images of what it must have been like to live a life under his father's strict and unrelenting rules and expectations of perfection. Their loving and dedicated mother was often their savior as she stepped in between Willy and the children while taking the harsh blows intended for his sons. Wim survived his childhood to become a respected senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Air Force. He served his adopted nation with pride and honor for 24 years.