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The Bataan Death March [a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 75,000 [1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando.
Camp O'Donnell was the destination of the Filipino and American soldiers who surrendered after the Battle of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The Japanese took approximately 70,000 prisoners: 60,000 Filipinos and 9,000 Americans. The prisoners were forced to undertake the Bataan Death March of approximately 145 kilometres (90 mi) to arrive at Camp O ...
Runners along the course of the Bataan Memorial Death March marathon at WSMR In 2011, a record 6,300 marchers [ 5 ] participated in both the marathon and the 15.4 mi (24.8 km) course. In 2012 over 7,000 marchers competed and due to the heat and conditions 2012 became the most medicated march yet.
Afterward, prisoners were forced on a 65-mile march, later known as the Bataan Death March, from the peninsula to a prisoner-of-war camp that resulted in thousands of deaths along the way, while ...
This is a category for those persons who were prisoners in the World War II Bataan Death March. It includes both those who survived and those who died. It includes both those who survived and those who died.
The Bataan Death March saw thousands of U.S. and Filipino troops killed as they were forced to march through perilous jungles by Japanese captors.
It is the only statue in the U.S. dedicated to the heroes and survivors of the fall of Bataan and Corregidor and the Bataan Death March . Bataan Elementary School in Port Clinton, Ohio commemorates the 32 men from the Port Clinton area who were victims of the march. Bataan Death March Memorial Park in Spokane, Washington
Apr. 9—The Bataan Death March is fading into a past growing more distant with each passing year. But many who attended a Tuesday ceremony in Santa Fe marking the 82nd anniversary of Bataan's ...