OnThisDay April 9, 1942, the Bataan Peninsula fell into the hands of Japanese troops. This defeat would lead to the Bataan Death March, considered one of the worst war crimes in history. Hence, the commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan. Read more:
MANILA, Philippines – “Araw ng Kagitingan” marks the annual commemoration of the Fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942, and the bravery of Filipino and American soldiers during the campaign against invading Japanese forces during World War II.
Of the 78,000 Filipino and American troops who surrendered, 5,000 to 10,000 Filipino soldiers and around 650 American soldiers died along the way.1) The Philippines was the last country to surrender to the Japanese in Southeast Asia. The Japanese invasion of British Malaya lasted one month and 23 days , Singapore fell within a week , and the Dutch East Indies held out for 3 months and 2 days .
Still, rail transportation did not relieve the ordeal as the box cars were poorly ventilated, suffocating some of the prisoners inside while some of the diseased, dying, and exhausted died in transit.First, chaos of the closing battles of Bataan meant there were no accurate casualty counts, and therefore incomplete survivor counts.
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