​Bataan Death March

The surrender of Bataan led to one of the worst atrocities in history. The Imperial Japanese soldiers rounded up 60,000-80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war who surrendered at Corregidor and Bataan. They were marched from Bagac and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell stretching nearly 70 miles over the span of 7-10 days. 
During the march, soldiers were starved along the way. Those who were suffering from diseases and malnutrition were left behind or shot to death. Those who were too weak to walk were bayoneted. There were also public executions of Allied soldiers along the way. Even Filipino civilians who provided water and sustenance to the marching soldiers were beaten by the Imperial Japanese soldiers. Although the exact figure is unknown, it is believed that about 7,000 people died from the march. The survivors of Bataan Death March faced limited rice rations, disease, and torture in the camps until the end of the war in August of 1945. 

Lester Tenney- Survivor of Bataan Death March

Tenney was a tank commander with the 192nd Tank Battalion. He survived the Bataan Death March, camp, passage to Japan in a "hell ship", torture, and 3 years of forced labor in a coal mine before he was liberated at the end of the war. 
"Number one, we had no food or water. Number two, you just kept walking the best way you could. It wasn't a march. It was a trudge... Most of the men were sick, they had dysentery, they had malaria, they had a gunshot wound... A man would fall down and they would holler at him to get up. I saw a case where they didn't even holler at him. The man fell down, the Japanese took a bayonet and put it in him. I mean, two seconds." 
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Philippines' Resistance: The Last Allied Stronghold in the Pacific

The people of the Philippine Islands during the early half of the 20th century experienced various waves of Western imperialism, two wars of attempted secession from Western powers, and two world wars. And yet the Philippine Islands and its people have received only small subheadings in many American textbooks and histories. 
The wartime experiences from the perspectives of the Philippine people have gone unnoticed and have become overshadowed by the sociopolitical dominating legacy of American figures like General MacArthur, leader and historical symbol of the Pacific Theater during World War II. MacArthur's famous phrase "I came through and shall return" is etched into every facet of World War II historical narratives, textbooks, and monuments that pay tribute to the Allied forces in the retaking of the Pacific from the Japanese. But It is the lesser known people and leaders of the Philippine resistance against the Axis powers whose efforts and contributions allowed for the effective and speedy return of MacArthur's military forces. 
The Philippine guerrilla resistance consisted of a diverse cast of Filipino men and women, ethnic and indigenous minorities, American and European immigrants and soldiers, young and old, rich and poor, from farmer to politician. The various units of Philippine guerrillas, their tactics, military resources, and vigor to survive and end the Japanese maltreatment of the Philippine peoples paint the Pacific Theater from 1941-1945 as desperate, dark, and bloody for Asian communities throughout East and Southeast Asia. But their resourcefulness, cooperative efforts to collaborate and network with MacArthur across the South Pacific, and massive grassroots liberation movement directly point to the remarkable value that the Philippine Underground Resistance proved to be in aiding the Allies' ability to retake the Pacific.

​The Japanese Invasion & Conquest of the Philippines

​Formation of Underground
​Philippines Resistance​