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Bataan Death March memorial in Las Cruces Veterans Memorial Park. Across the United States, and in the Philippines there exist dozens of memorials, such as monuments, plaques and schools, dedicated to the U.S. and Filipino prisoners who suffered or died during the Bataan Death March. There is also a wide variety of commemorative events held to ...
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.
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.
A boxcar used during the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March, displayed at the Capas National Shrine in Tarlac Province, north of Manila. - Kyodo News/Getty Images
Pages in category "Bataan Death March prisoners" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 saw thousands of U.S. and Filipino troops killed as they were forced to march through perilous jungles by Japanese captors.
American prisoners of war, in a burial detail, carry the bodies of those who died weeks that followed the Bataan Death March On December 8, 1941, when Japanese planes attacked the U.S. military installations in the Philippines , Cordero, who by then held the rank of colonel, was the Battalion Commander of the 31st Infantry Regiment . [ 1 ]