"The Davao Dozen and the Bataan Death March" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 03 Apr 2023 11:51 a.m. PST |
On April 9, 1942, 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers who surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines were forced to march more than 60 miles in the extreme heat of the Philippines. Hundreds of Americans and thousands of Filipinos died in the journey… Military: link |
79thPA  | 03 Apr 2023 12:03 p.m. PST |
I don't believe that I was aware of that. |
| CVA31bhr | 04 Apr 2023 8:31 a.m. PST |
Here in Champaign, ILL, Ed Dyess' name was known. He was married to Marajen Stevick when he died.She ended up owning a lot of our local media and in the lobby of the News-Gazette was a huge mural of Dyess. |
| Lascaris | 05 Apr 2023 8:20 a.m. PST |
My brother-in-laws father was on the death march. He has said that his dad was never able to talk about the experience. |
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