Bataan

• “Stationed in Bataan in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II they are separated by the impending Japanese invasion, with Evelyn going home to the United States and Frank staying to fight.”

  Dusk Before the Dawn » 2007 » April

• “The reason the name Bataan is remembered at all, even among non-WWII-history-buffs, is because of the notorious abuse of US and Filipino POWs there at the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army.”

  Hullabaloo

• “Mexico, and I had come -- come out to New Mexico and kept seeing the word Bataan: Bataan Memorial Drive, Memorial Library.”

  Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission

• “One day toward the end of the salvage period in Bataan, the water supply at the camp was put out of business by Filipinos who deliberately smashed our water pump.”

  Sasaki

• “It seemed somehow pleasant to be back in Bataan among these friendly G. I.'s, and we soon reached the site of #l”

  Sasaki

• “The drunken spree lasted for years after the conflict and I allowed the feeling of our national invincibility to pervade me (to such an extent that our defeats in Bataan, Corregidor and Pearl Harbor became "just a fluke").”

  Dr. Paul Ashton

• “Our situation in Bataan, away from Japanese headquarters, gave us”

  Sasaki

• “He even said that, though defeated in Bataan and Corregidor, we had been able to delay the Japanese advance to Australia.”

  Sasaki

• “Therefore, the number of people in Bataan at the time of the surrender was closer to 105,000.”

  Chapter 4: The March

• “ATTRIBUTION: General DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, reflection on the first anniversary of the fall of Bataan, April 9, 1942, as reported by The New York Times, April 9, 1943, p. 9, which added, “It was the first time General MacArthur had mentioned the name Bataan publicly” since the day after the fall.”

  Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

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