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Bataan Death March
Prisoners during the Bataan Death March, 1942.
The Bataan Death March took place in the Philippines on the island of Luzon during World War II.1
The forced march began in April 1942, primarily starting at Mariveles on the southern tip of the Bataan Peninsula. Prisoners were marched north to San Fernando, transported by rail to Capas, and then forced to walk an additional distance to reach Camp O’Donnell, a former Philippine army training center used by the Japanese military for internment.1