Memory of Bataan veterans honored in Santa Fe

Memory of Bataan veterans honored in Santa Fe

On Wednesday, about 200 people descended on Santa Fe for a ceremony commemorating the 83rd anniversary of the fall of Bataan.

80 Years Later: Bataan Death March POWs Deserve Commemorating ⋆ Conservative Firing Line

The following article, 80 Years Later: Bataan Death March POWs Deserve Commemorating, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. On April 9, 1942, the United States experienced its largest military surrender, followed by the infamous Bataan Death March. Around 76,000 American and Filipino soldiers, already weakened by months of fighting on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines with no supplies, were taken as POWs by the Japanese. They we…

Bataan Death March at 80: POWs Deserve Commemorating

Bells of Honor: Presidio Ceremony Marks 83 Years Since Bataan Death March

The resounding toll of ceremonial bells echoed through San Francisco’s National Cemetery Saturday, marking 83 years since thousands of American and Filipino Soldiers suffered through the Bataan Death March. Each toll honored those who died during one of World War II’s most brutal chapters.