Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Bataan anniversary

Bataan fell on April 9th, and then came the Death March. In the US, California and New Mexico National Guard units were honored locally:LINK
and LINK

And here in the Philippines, it is called "Hero day"....30 000 Philippino military died in the death march or during their imprisonment, and many civilians were killed for trying to give food and water to those marching or in the camps.

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