War shows no mercy

 

We Filipinos have survived three colonizers, our ancestors fought hardships after hardships to grant us our freedom to rule this country by our own rules. No matter how dire the situation is we try to rise up and stand strong. Although these events may have happened in the past, we must remember and honor the history we have gone through.

 

The Battle of Bataan was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Japan during World War II. After the assault of the American naval station at Pearl Harbor on December 07, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded Luzon and several other islands in the Philippine Archipelago in January 1942, marking the most intensive period of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II. Despite a shortage of supplies, American and Filipino forces were able to hold off the Japanese for three months, initially engaged them in a combat retreat southward. The delay cost the Japanese vital time and prevented an immediate victory throughout the Pacific as the united American and Filipino forces made a desperate fight. The American surrender at Bataan to the Japanese, with a total of 76,000 soldiers surrendering in the Philippines, was the largest in American and Filipino military history, and the largest US capitulation since the Battle of Harpers Ferry during the American Civil War. Soon after, American and Filipino POWs were compelled to participate in the Bataan Death March.

 

What is the Bataan Death March? The Death March, also known as the Bataan Death March, was the forcible transfer of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan, and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where they were forced to march until they died by the Imperial Japanese Army. After the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II, the transfer began on April 9, 1942, and the total distance marched from Mariveles to San Fernando and from the Capas Train Station to Camp O'Donnell is variously reported as between 60 and 69.6 miles by various sources (96.6 and 112.0 km).

 

War shows no mercy, whether you are a solider, a government figure or a civilian, you will be affected.

"Battle of Bataan" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan retrieved March 14, 2022

"Bataan Death March" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March retrieved March 14, 2022