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The Bataan Death March[ a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 75,000 [ 1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando . The transfer began on 9 April 1942 after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines ...
The Philippines being one of the major theaters of World War II, has commissioned a number of monuments, cemeteries memorials, preserved relics, and established private and public museums, as well as National Shrines, to commemorate battles and events during the invasion, occupation, and liberation of the country.
Located at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines. Alongside modern roads that follow the march route up the Bataan peninsula, there are memorial markers labeled with "Death March" and a depiction of three soldiers with the km number for that location along the route (distance from origin of the march at south end of Bataan).
Name Date Location Deaths Notes Chinese Massacre of 1603: October 1603 Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines: 15,000–25,000 [1] Fearing an uprising by the large Chinese community in the Philippines, the Spanish colonists carried out the massacre, largely in the Manila area. [2] Chinese Massacre of 1639: 1639
The area where the Bataan Death March ended was proclaimed as "Capas National Shrine" by President Corazon Aquino on 7 December 1991. [ 1] The shrine encompasses 54 hectares (130 acres) of parkland, 35 hectares (86 acres) of which have been planted with trees each representing the dead, at the location of the former concentration camp.
Armor Division, PA. 71st Division, PA (1941–1942) Camp O'Donnell is a current military base and former United States military reservation in the Philippines located on Luzon island in the municipality of Capas in Tarlac. It housed the Philippine Army 's newly created 71st Division and after the Americans' return, a United States Army camp.
The Manila North Cemetery(Spanish: Cementerio del Norte) is one of the oldest cemeteries in Metro Manila, Philippines. The cemetery is owned by and located in the City of Manila, the national capital, and is one of the largest in the metropolis at 54 hectares (130 acres). It is located alongside Andrés Bonifacio Avenueand borders two other ...
Casualties. 113 dead, [ 4][ 5] 112 injured. The 2012 Negros earthquake occurred on February 6 at 11:49 PST, with a body wave magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum intensity of VII ( Destructive) off the coast of Negros Oriental, Philippines. The epicenter of the thrust fault earthquake [ 6] was approximately 72 kilometres (45 mi) north of Negros ...