Inquirer
Every year on April 9, Filipinos commemorate Araw ng Kagitingan to honor the courage and sacrifice of the “heroic defenders of Bataan” during World War II. The observance marks the fall of Bataan in 1942, when more than 70,000 Filipino and American soldiers—already weakened by hunger, disease and exhaustion—were forced to surrender to Japanese forces. For more than three months before that, troops mounted a defense of the peninsula, holding the line as supplies dwindled. After the surrender came the Bataan Death March, when tens of thousands of prisoners of war were forced to march about 105 kilometers from Mariveles […]... Keep on reading: Araw ng Kagitingan: A tribute to heroism, resilience and sacrifice
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