‘Survivor' author, son of WWII vet to give talk .

The elder Lovato fought at Bataan and endured Japanese prisoner-of-war camps from Bataan to Nagasaki. His ordeal lasted three and a half years.

“To relive one man's first-hand story takes World War II from history to living history,” said the younger Lovato, who has lived in the area for 30 years and who retells his father's accounts in the book. “The time Dad and I spent together will remain one of the most precious times of my life.”

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