USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Three months after the start of the Battle of Bataan, the Bataan Death March began, forcing 60, 000-80, 000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines. The route was about 65 miles long and stretched from the peninsula to the railhead inland (see below).

Detailed explanation-2: -During this infamous trek, known as the “Bataan Death March, ” the prisoners were forced to march 85 miles in six days, with only one meal of rice during the entire journey.

Detailed explanation-3: -Around 10, 000 people were lost during the Bataan Death March. An overwhelming amount of the victims were Filipino men, who would account for around 9, 000 deaths. The Americans would lose around 1, 000 of their men during the arduous trek.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Bataan Death March Begins The surrendered Filipinos and Americans soon were rounded up by the Japanese in April 1942 and forced to march some 65 miles from Mariveles, on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, to San Fernando.

Detailed explanation-5: -There were 987 survivors. As of 2012, of the veterans of the 200th and 515th who survived the Bataan Death March, 69 were still alive. As of March 2017, only four of these veterans remained.