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 ...

Soldiers and civilians at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, marked the anniversary of World War II's 1942 Bataan Death March with a desert walk involving nearly 9,000 participants. To start ...

CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Officials with the 27th Special Operations Wing commemorated the “Bataan Death March” on Friday at the Cannon Air Force Base. According to Cannon Air Force Base ...

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 ...

(CBS DETROIT) — The remains of a World War II airman from Michigan who was captured, subjected to the Bataan Death March and died as a prisoner of war have been identified, the military said ...

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 ...

They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW Camp #1. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war. According to prison camp and other ...

Alforque was declared a prisoner of war and missing in action on April 30, 1942 during the infamous Bataan Death March. Described as "an absolute tragedy" by war historians, up to 80,000 Filipino ...