Biography of bert banks

Bert Bank

ABA Hall of Fame - Class of 2008 Bert Bank (1914-2009) was a native of Montgomery, AL, attended elementary and high school in Tuscaloosa.

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He attended the University of Alabama Law School and graduated in 1940. He served his country with valor and distinction in World War II. Bert survived the torturous Bataan Death March of 33 brutal months as a prisoner of war.

He returned to the United States where he spent two years in the Valley Forge General Hospital recovering from malnutrition. He separated from the Air Force in 1947 with the rank of Major.

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His book, Back From the Living Dead recounts his experiences as a prisoner of war.

He returned to Tuscaloosa where he started radio stations WTBC-AM and WUOA-FM and, in 1953, started the University of Alabama Football Network where he continues as the Producer Emeritus.

He sold the radio stations in 1985. John Cochran, a graduate of The University of Alabama and White House correspondent for ABC television sa