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Bataan Defense Force was surrendered by General Edward P. King Jr. Commander of Luzon Force on April 9, 1942. The regiment surrendered and was assembled in Mariveles, Bataan where they were forced to walked 65 miles to San Fernando, Pampanga came to be known as Bataan Death March .
71st Field Artillery battered, hungry, lack ammunition, and although tired with strength dwelling due to casualties was still fighting. However, the order came to surrender as Major General King surrendered all his troops in Bataan. [3]
The Battle of Bataan is referenced among important battles of American history in the song The House I Live In, sang by Frank Sinatra in the film of the same name and later taken up by Paul Robeson and various other singers: "The little bridge at Concord, where Freedom's fight began, / Our Gettysburg and Midway, and the story of Bataan".
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 ...
In 1988, Congress approved designating April 9 as Former Prisoners of War Day.. The day commemorates the April 9, 1942, surrender of more than 12,000 American troops and 66,000 Filipino soldiers ...
The entire Bataan Force gave the Japanese a beating in this line and it was not penetrated after days of battle, Field Artillery was so accurate and dissipated Japanese units getting high casualties on their side. 11th Field Artillery contributed to this victory forcing General Homma Masaharu to withdraw his troops from engagements and request ...
The Battle for the Recapture of Bataan (Filipino: Labanan para sa Bataan) from 31 January to 21 February 1945, by US forces and Allied Filipino guerrillas from the Japanese, part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines, was waged to secure the western shore of Manila Bay to enable the use of its harbor and open new supply lines for American troops engaged in the crucial battle ...
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