Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March[a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 75,000[1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando.
The transfer began on 9 April 1942 after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. The total distance marched from Mariveles to San Fernando and from the Capas Train Station to various camps was 65 miles (105 km). Sources also report widely differing prisoner of war casualties prior to reaching Camp O'Donnell: from 5,000 to 18,000 Filipino deaths and 500 to 650 American deaths during the march.
The march was characterized by severe physical abuse and wanton killings. POWs who fell or were caught on the ground were shot. After the war, the Japanese commander, General Masaharu Homma and two of his officers, Major General Yoshitaka Kawane and Colonel Kurataro Hirano, were tried by United States military commissions for war crimes and sentenced to death on charges of failing to prevent their subordinates from committing atrocities. Homma was executed in 1946, while Kawane and Hirano were executed in 1949.
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"Oh God Where Are You?"
Harrison, Thomas R. (1989). Survivor: Memoir of Defeat and Captivity – Bataan, 1942. Western Epics, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. 978-0-916095-29-1.
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The Making of Modern Japan
(1948). Horror trek; a true story of Bataan, the death march and three and one-half years in Japanese prison camps. Horstman Printing. ISBN 978-1-258-20630-7. OCLC 1168285.
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Machi, Mario (1994). Under the Rising Sun, Memories of a Japanese Prisoner of War. Wolfenden, USA. 978-0-9642521-0-3.
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Masuda, Hiroshi (2012). . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4939-0.
MacArthur in Asia: The General and His Staff in the Philippines, Japan, and Korea
Morrow, Don; Moore, Kevin (2011). . Roanoke, VA: Wounded Warrior Project. ISBN 978-1-56592-479-6. OCLC 725827438.
Forsaken Heroes of the Pacific War: One Man's True Story
Murphy, Kevin C. (2012). "'Raw Individualists': American Soldiers on the Bataan Death March Reconsidered". War & Society. 31: 42–63. :10.1179/204243411X13201386799172. S2CID 162118184.
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Murphy, Kevin C. (October 13, 2014). Inside the Bataan Death March: Defeat, Travail and Memory. McFarland. 978-0-7864-9681-5.
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Olson, John E. (1985). O'Donell: Andersonville of the Pacific. John E. Olson. 978-99969-862-0-8.
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Tears in the Darkness
Resa, Jolinda Bull (2011). Honor Them Always: For the Sacrifice of Their Youth at Bataan. , Inc. ISBN 978-1-4327-7555-1. OCLC 782073328.
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(2001). Ghost Soldiers. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN 978-1-299-07651-8. OCLC 842990576.
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Give Us This Day
Young, Donald J. (1992). The Battle of Bataan: A History of the 90 Day Siege and Eventual Surrender of 75,000 Filipino and United States Troops to the Japanese in World War. McFarland. 978-0-89950-757-6.
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Tragedy of Bataan
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No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten of Bataan
Hell's Guest author Colonel Glenn Frazier, Bataan Death March Survivor
– A narrative recounting one soldier's journey through Bataan, the march, prison camp, Japan, and back home to the United States. Includes a map of the march.
"Back to Bataan, A Survivor's Story"
– Information, maps, and pictures on the march itself and in-depth information on Japanese POW camps.
The Bataan Death March
"Technical Sergeant Jim Brown U.S. Army Air Corps (ret) Bataan Death March Survivor Presentation to EAA Chapter 108 May 16, 2000"
– Comprehensive history of the Battle for Bataan, the Death March and the role of the 192nd Tank Battalion
Proviso East High School Bataan Commemorative Research Project
4th Marines at Corregidor and Bataan Death March
A biography of Russell A. Grokett's survival of the Bataan Death March, including three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War.