Hours after that surrender, tens of thousands of Filipino and American troops began the Bataan Death March, a five-day, 65-mile trek to a prison camp to the north, during which they were denied ...
While the Japanese pounded Corregidor (which would surrender on May 6), they led their prisoners on a forced march out of Bataan. Before the "Death March" was over, those who survived would march ...
What followed was one of the worst atrocities in modern wartime history — the Bataan Death March. U.S. Gen. Edward P. King discusses surrender, 1942. Photo by U.S. Army. During the Battle of ...