Bataan Death March Begins

Why was it called the death march? Also known as the "March of Death." --------------------------------------------------------------- Bataan Death March Begins: April 9, 1942 [Save 25% on an Annual Membership Limited time.]( April 9, 1942, marks the beginning of the [Bataan Death March]( in which tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers were forced on a grueling 65-mile [trek]( across the Philippine island of Luzon, following their [surrender]( to the Japanese. Thousands of men died on the march, and thousands more would die later in POW camps. Directly after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese bombed [Clark Field]( in the Philippines as part of their campaign to take control of Southeast Asia. This and other raids left the Philippines without air power when the Japanese landed 43,000 troops on the main island of Luzon on December 22, 1941. The American and Filipino troops, under General [Douglas MacArthur]( retreated to the Bataan peninsula, where they resisted the Japanese for months, [enduring]( starvation, disease, and exhaustion in addition to the fighting. Finally, on April 9, 1942, Major General Edward King [surrendered]( all 76,000 American and Filipino troops under his command to the...[Continue Reading]( Save 25% on a Fold3 Annual Membership was $79.95 Now $59.95. [Start now »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Online Help]( • [Fold3 Blog]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+](fold3) --------------------------------------------------------------- Please add team@fold3.comto your address book to make sure you don’t miss an email. You are receiving this email because you have registered with Fold3 using the email address {EMAIL}. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Unsubscribe]( • [Email Preferences]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Privacy Statement]( • [Terms & Conditions]( © 2018 Fold3 by Ancestry.com • 1300 W. Traverse Pkwy Lehi, Utah 84043 USA