Bataan Death March
After the Fall of Manila in the hands of the Japanese Imperial army, The American and Filipino troops are forced to retreat to Bataan Peninsula, where they fought the Japanese troops for Three month without the aid of naval and air support, but on the 9th of April the remaining US and Filipino army crippled from starvation and sickness, forcing them to surrender the approximate number of troops remaining is 75,000.
The American and Filipino troops who surrendered where soon be prepared for approximately 65 miles walk from the end of Bataan Peninsula to San Fernando, the men are said to be divided to form a group of 100 persons, each group took 5 Days to get to their destination, approximately thousands of troops are gone due to brutality of the Japanese, that starve and beat the marchers and killed the ones that are too weak to continue walking. The remaining survivors were taken by rail from San Fernando, the American and Filipino soldier was forced into boxcars that reach the temperature of 110 degrees Fahrenheit, causing many of the troops to die. After that they are forced to march another 10 miles to Camp O’Donell the prisoner of war (POW) camp, It’s said that around 20,000 of the troops who survived the march died due to, disease and sweltering heat and malnutrition
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