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The former Barangay Kaput/Capot in Orion, Bataan is now named Barangay General Lim. Part of one of the more important battles during the Battle of Bataan, the Battle of Trail 2, took place here. Many streets across the Philippines are named after General Vicente Lim.
The Orion–Bagac line showing the U.S. positions around 27 January 1942. The 41st Division was then ordered to hold east of Pantingan River in Pilar, Bataan and west of Mount Samat, along the Orion-Bagac Line, making them as the key unit to hold any southern movement of the Japanese forces through Trail 29. The 41st Division gave the stiffest ...
After securing a beachhead in Tayabas Province, USAFFE Headquarters activated WPO 3 which requires all units to retreat to Bataan Peninsula. General Lim lead his division the retreat going to Manila and arrived in Bataan on late December 1941 [2]
Orion is a municipality located in the southern part of Bataan Peninsula directly south-southwest of San Fernando, Pampanga (the regional city center and provincial capital of Pampanga) and south of Pilar, Bataan, accessible via the Roman Superhighway. It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Balanga and 129 kilometres (80 mi) from Manila.
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General Wainwright and his staff negotiate the surrender of Bataan with General Homma, Cabcaben, Bataan, 6 May 1942. On 3 April, at 1500, Homma planned to attack the Orion Bagac Line, using Kitano's 4th Division to breach the II Corps left flank along Mount Samat, and then proceed southeast to Manila Bay.
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.
Jhed Tamano (center left) and Jonila Castro (center right) at the Commission on Human Rights after their release.. On September 2, 2023, the youth environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano disappeared in Orion, Bataan, Philippines, while volunteering for communities along Manila Bay affected by development [1] and reclamation [2] activities.