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The Bataan Death March Memorial Monument, erected in April 2001, is the only monument funded by the U.S. federal government dedicated to the victims of the Bataan Death March during World War II. The memorial was designed and sculpted by Las Cruces artist Kelley Hester and is located in Veterans Park along Roadrunner Parkway in New Mexico. [26]
Capas National Shrine in Capas, Tarlac. The Philippines being one of the major theaters of World War II, has commissioned a number of monuments, cemeteries memorials, preserved relics, and established private and public museums, as well as National Shrines, to commemorate battles and events during the invasion, occupation, and liberation of the country.
Bataan Legacy Historical Society continues to collaborate with organizations across the United States and the Philippines so that World War II in the Philippines can be learned by generations to come. To facilitate learning, lesson plans can be downloaded from the organization's website. The first Bataan Legacy presentation took place on April ...
The Flaming Sword in Pilar is an obelisk located at the junction of Governor J.J. Linao National Road and Bataan National Road marking the converging point of the prisoners from Bagac and Mariveles during the Bataan Death March. The World War II Museum and Surrender Site Marker are both located inside the compound of Balanga Elementary School ...
The New Mexico National Guard Bataan Memorial Museum is located in the armory where the soldiers of the 200th and 515th were processed before their deployment to the Philippines in 1941. [56] The old state capitol building of New Mexico was renamed the Bataan Memorial Building and now houses several state government agency offices.
The day commemorates the April 9, 1942, surrender of more than 12,000 American troops and 66,000 Filipino soldiers on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines to the Japanese.
A small museum and monument is also on the site, built by an American group called the "Battling Bastards of Bataan". [7] Included here is a roster of Filipino officers who were appointed by the Camp Commandant to manage the POWs. It also memorializes the daily sufferings of the POWs under the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army camp wards ...
The memorial was dedicated on 12 April 1982 by the survivors of the Bataan Death March and the prisoner-of-war camp in Cabanatuan during World War II. [1] The memorial has been maintained by the American Battle Grounds Commission since 1989. [2] Prior to this, it was maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.