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The area where the Bataan Death March ended was proclaimed as "Capas National Shrine" by President Corazon Aquino on 7 December 1991. [1] The shrine encompasses 54 hectares (130 acres) of parkland, 35 hectares (86 acres) of which have been planted with trees each representing the dead, at the location of the former concentration camp.
The Bataan Death March [a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 [1] [2] [3] 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.
A brick walkway encircles the monument and there are commemorative plaques depicting the history of the Bataan Death March and the Memorial. American and Filipino flags fly side by side. 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 .
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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.
Route of the Bataan Death March. After the surrender of 75,000 allied troops (12,000 Americans and 63,000 Filipinos) by General Edward King, Jr. to the Japanese forces during World War II, the American troops were forced to march 65 miles from Mariveles to San Fernando, with the march ending in Capas. This is now known as the Bataan Death March.
A recent obituary in the Wall Street Journal recounted the colorful career of financier A. W. Clausen, a former World Banker and a moving force behind Bank of America during some of the ...
State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational public sector bank and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.It is the 48th largest bank in the world by total assets and ranked 178th in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's biggest corporations of 2024, being the only Indian bank on the list. [11]