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When did the U.S. government release details about the Bataan Death March?
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Bataan Death March
Prisoners during the Bataan Death March, 1942.
The United States government initially withheld information regarding the Bataan Death March out of concern that the Japanese military might retaliate against the prisoners of war.
The administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt officially released details of the march in January 1944. This decision was made partly to support a war-bond drive and to boost the morale of a war-weary American public. The information released had been provided by a small group of captives who had successfully escaped and reached Australia.1