Bataan Death March 

Bataan Death March, Philippines

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WW II Death March Shrine, Starting Point of

Death March, April 9-17, 1942, Mariveles, Bataan.

 

The Death March of Flipino and American Prisoners of war from Mariveles, and Bagac to Camp O” Donnell, Capas, Tarlac April 1942.

Immediately after the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942, The USFFI forces were evacuated by the Japanese from the field of battle as prisoners of war. The more than 70,000 Filipino and American troops who had survived the battle of Bataan underwent in this evacuation, The ordeal that history now knows as the death March.

The Death March started from two points in Bataan: on April 10 from Mariveles, on April 11 from Bagac. The Filipino and American troops were marched day and night, under blistering sun or cold night sky, staggering through Cabcaben, Limay, Orion, Pilar and Balanga, where they were given a brief rest and some water, From Balanga, The Prisoners of were organized into groups of 100 to 200 and under guard marched on through were segregated from the Filipino Prisoners of war and marched separately, The march continued northward through Hermosa, to Layac junction, Then Eastward into Pampanga through Lubao, Guagua, Where the Prisoners were rested and given a little food at the National Development Company Compound.

  Bacolor and San Fernando 

Already suffering from Battle fatigue, The Filipino and Americans troops were strained to utter exhaustation by this long march on foot, many were ill, most were feverish, but none high rest, for the enemy was brutal with those who lagged behind. Thousands fell along the way, Townspeople on the roadside risked their lives by slipping food and drink to the Death Marches as they stumbled by.

  In San Fernando, The Death March became a death ride by cargo train when the prisoners were pack so densely into boxcars that many of them perished from suffocation, Those who arrived alive in Capas had still to walk the last and most agonized miles of the Death March: The 6 Kilometers to Camp O" Donnell, Which was become one of the most hellish concentration camps of World War II.

 

Death March 00 Kms.

Death March Marker 1 km.
Death March Kms. 3, Mariveles, Bataan. Death March Kms. 4, Mariveles, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 6, Mariveles, Bataan. Death March Kms. 7, Mariveles, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 14, Limay, Bataan. Death March Kms. 23, Limay, Bataan.
   
Death March Kms. 14, Limay, Bataan. _ Death March Kms. 14, Limay, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 26, Limay, Bataan. Death March Kms. 30, Limay, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 32, Orion, Bataan. Death March Kms. 32, Orion, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 35, Orion, Bataan. Death March Kms. 36, Orion, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 44, Balanga City, Bataan.

Death March Kms. 59, Orani, Bataan.

Death March Kms. 60, Orani, Bataan.

Death March Kms. 61, Orani, Bataan.

Death March Kms. 63, Hermosa, Bataan. Death March Kms. 64, Hermosa, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 65, Hermosa, Bataan. Death March Kms. 66, Hermosa, Bataan.
Death March Kms. 67, Dinalupihan, Bataan. The Battle of Layac Junction.
Layac Junction and the soldiers monument. Layac JunctionDeath March Kms. 68, Dinalupihan
Death March Kms. 75, Dinalupihan, Bataan. Death March Kms. 83, Dinalupihan, Bataan.
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From Mariveles, Bataan

the POW's 

were force marched to

San Fernando Train Station

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then rode the over crowed train to

Capas, Tarlac

then forced marched again to

Camp O" Donnell.

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  My father survived the Bataan Death march but only because he was able to escape from the hands of the savaged japanese troops. The escape however was also hellish as food and water were scarce and he was forced to eat "ubod ng pugahan," "ubod ng anibong," and "singkamas kawayan," which I myself have not heard of up to now. He was sustained mostly by sugar cane. He walked for 10 days until such time he reached the town of San Mateo, Rizal only to be told by the mayor at that time to surrender to the japanese forces. My father was so angry and frustrated given everything he had endured during his escape from the Bataan Death March so that he only spent the night in San Mateo and by dawn the following day he decided to join his sister in Capalonga, Camarines Norte.
Julieta M. Mendoza | juliet.mendoza@mecglobal.com | 68 B. Mariano St. San Mateo Rizal Philippines
Monday, November 03, 2008 at 03:48:54 AM PST

While stationed in the Philippines three different times 59-61, 63-65, 68-71 we met and became dear friends of ours, the Lee's ,who was a contractor of the Capas Tarlac death March Monument. Could you please try to get me the information of aproximately when the monument was started?
Albert Rognstad | rognstadal@yahoo.com | Milton, Florida USA
Friday, October 17, 2008 at 01:35:56 PM PST

my late father served under the united states army,old phil scout.he is a survivor of famous Bataan death march.he told me how the japs japanese imperial army maltreated the Filipinos,american soldiers during the long hike or long march of death march.he tel us that during the long walk of death the phil.scout,usaffe soldier sick of ulcer,malaria dysentery etc.and thousands of soldiers die in thier way to capas,tarlac.some of the pilipino soldier were bayoneted along thier way to japanese concentration camp.and inside the POW camp.no pottable water to drink they drink in the dirty water of canals.no supply of medicine for sick wounded soldier.and along the long march side by side of the road you can see the dying sickly soldier and some of them were tortored by the barbaric japs and they die along the way to POW camp.the horors of war... In memory of.... Sgt.Rauto,Timoteo ,P.S. US army reg. Old phil.scout,43rd inf.regt. Born....Jan.24,1905 Died....Dec.1989 "old soldier never die,they just fade away"
Timoteo B.Rauto Jr. | trautojr | 9013 medina,misamis oriental,phils.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 03:29:31 AM PST

Thank you for this selection of photos. My father's best friend survived the Death March only to die in the hold of a Japanese Hell Ship bound for Japan in January 1945. A US Submarine sunk the Hell Ship not knowing its cargo. My wife to be has one grandfather who died in the March. He was Filipino. I hope to live in the Philippines soon. My father helped liberate Leyte and then Luzon and Manila. Was with the 1st Cavalry that rescued 3700 prisoners at Santo Tomas in Manila.
warren matha | horseman19492000@yahoo.com | Hudson, Florida, USA
Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 02:52:39 PM PST

My uncle was in the Bataan Death March. The Japanese broke his feet with a rifle butt then made him march. Somewhere before reaching Camp O'Donnel he escapes the Japanese and lived in the jungle until the island was liberated. From then until the time of his death some years ago he had problems walking and generally speaking could not get around well at all. several years ago my son went to the Philippines and soon married and had a daughter. SHE IS BEAUTIFUL!! They have been waiting for years for immigration to the US to be approved. My son is tired of waiting and is going back to what he considers home, Lucena, Philippines to stay. I may go with him. When I do I hope to see the sights on this page. I feel connected to the Philippines because of my uncle and my son and his family. And my son has only good things to say about the people of the Philippines. I would be proud to call the Philippines my home.
Tom Orr | veloquest@hotmail.com | Wichita Falls, TX
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 05:51:30 AM PST

Thanks for building this wonderful site and all the real photos. Thank you again for doing this for the rest of us that will not get to go, Now I feel as though I myself have been there.
Son of Harold Withers | Alabama, USA
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 at 07:59:43 PM PST

Wow! this is great and this story should be keep before the eyes of the World?
BillyWilliamson | Peoria, Illinois USA
Monday, January 07, 2008 at 09:15:23 PM PST

 
 

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