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  2. Cabanatuan American Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Although more than 20,000 U.S. and Allied servicemen and civilians were held in the Japanese internment camp, only 2,656 American names are inscribed on the wall. [1] The names and ranks of the servicemen held in the camp are listed on the memorial walls with horizontal rows with regular Typeface and spacing, similar to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. [7]

  3. Bataan Death March - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia

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    [6] [10] The camp had first been used as an American Department of Agriculture station and then a training camp for the Filipino army. [11] When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, they used the camp to house American POWs. It was one of three camps in the Cabanatuan area and was designated for holding sick detainees.

  5. Battle of Bataan - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Bataan (Tagalog: Labanan sa Bataan; 7 January – 9 April 1942) was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Imperial Japan during World War II. The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II.

  6. United States bases in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Mariveles Military Reservation, POL Terminal and Training Area, Bataan; Camp John Hay Leave and Recreation Center, Baguio; An Army Communication System with the deletion of all stations in the Port of Manila Area. United States Armed Forces Cemetery No. 2, San Francisco del Monte, Rizal. [a]

  7. Capas National Shrine - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Capas - Wikipedia

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    The site was the ultimate destination point of the Bataan Death March involving Filipino and American soldiers who surrendered in Bataan on April 9, 1942. Camp O'Donnell was a facility of the United States Air Force in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines. Before the facility was transferred to the Philippine Air Force, it was first a Philippine ...

  9. 2nd Infantry Division (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    On 9 April 1942, the starving defending Fil-American forces, including the 2nd Division, surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army on Bataan. After the enemy forces organized the surrendered troops into one large group, all Filipinos and Americans began the long walk from Mariveles, Bataan to Camp O'Donnell in Capas, Tarlac.