April 9th, 2008
Just before dawn on April 9, 1942, General Edward Edward King, Jr. surrendered more than 75,000 Filipino and almost 12,000 American soldiers to the Japanese, following the Allied defeat during the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines. The exhausted men were stripped of their belongings, many were beaten, and most were forced to march 90 […]
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