Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...
Darmstadt, Germany, April 8, 1949: Most likely three former Army nurses, Mrs. Eileen Francis, Mrs. Carmen Sewell, and 1st Lt. Eleanor M. Garen, all survivors of the Bataan Death March and imprisonment ...
To look at Lt. Alexander R. "Sandy" Nininger when he began his plebe year at the U.S. Military Academy, one might never have ...
In this historical video, General Jonathan M. Wainwright, the Hero of Bataan and WWII POW, returns home and meets his family in San Francisco.
The museum will showcase flags central to the liberation of American soldiers who were kept prisoners of war following the ...
See a brief timeline of the American experience during World War II in the Philippines below. Early January: The Japanese occupy Manila. U.S. forces retreat south into the Bataan peninsula.
El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-The Bataan Memorial Death March returns to White Sands Missile Range this year. The marathon consists ...
Thankfully, the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) has dedicated sailors who assist the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) when pulling into domestic and foreign ports before the visit ...
In the Philippines: Japanese forces take Manila; American and Filipino troops withdraw to Bataan peninsula. January: Japan invades Burma. Malaya and the Solomon Islands fall. Rabaul, on the New ...