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Fort Magsaysay, Luzon, Philippines - On a balmy morning in Central Luzon, the thunder of marching boots echoed through the grounds of Fort Magsaysay ...
After 83 years, family members of James Swartz were finally able to inter his remains in Summit Cemetery. His remains had ...
The event is set for May 2 at the Washington Education Services Building and includes exhibits, a PBS documentary and a guest ...
Air Force personnel and JROTC cadets completed a 14-mile ruck march at Edwards Air Force Base to commemorate the Bataan Death March. The march honored the 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers who ...
In Gaza, Israeli attacks have killed more than 60 people since early Thursday, bringing the death toll since Israel shattered a ceasefire agreement last month to nearly 2,000. Among the recent ...
He was captured after the Battle of Bataan, surviving the grueling Bataan Death March, only to die in a prisoner of war camp in July 1942. “He was buried in a mass grave with about 34 other men who ...
Mitchell survived the Bataan Death March but later died as a Japanese prisoner of war in 1943. He weighed just 70 pounds at the time of his death. His remains were identified in September of 2024.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Philippines fell under Japanese control. Mitchell survived the Bataan Death March but later died as a Japanese prisoner of war in 1943. He weighed just 70 pounds ...
Cadets from four local high school JROTC programs got sore feet and an increased appreciation for the sacrifices of prisoners of war 83 years ago in the World War II Bataan death march during a ...
He would be one of the thousands forced to march 65 miles to the prison camp where they'd be held. It was known as the Bataan Death March. Hennessey would die in the camp in November 1942. He was ...
Pleasanton VFW Post 6298 will commemorate the 79th anniversary of the 1942 Bataan Death March this Saturday with veterans and friends hiking 26.2 miles through the Tri-Valley in honor of those who ...
O’Donovan was a battalion commander with the famed 31st U.S. Infantry Regiment who survived the 60-mile Bataan Death March. He died while being held at the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines.