Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Bataan death march; forced march of 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in the early stages of World War II. Starting out from Mariveles, on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, on April 9, 1942, they were force-marched 55 miles (88 km) to San Fernando, then taken by rail to Capas, from where they walked the final 8 miles (13 km) to Camp O'Donnell
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Death March- Minnesotans Remember Bataan video
Incoming Materials — Box Assorted Collections 1
Identifier: 2022-042
Dates:
Event: 1942-04
Found in:
Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum
Ernest B. Miller Collection
Incoming Materials — Box E.B. Miller (5 boxes)
Identifier: 1996-011
Dates:
1930s-1989
Found in:
Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum
Jim Mulrooney papers
Incoming Materials — Box Mulrooney, James Collection
Identifier: 2022-054
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Found in:
Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum
Lee MacDonald Papers and photographs
Incoming Materials
Identifier: 2018-009
Dates:
1941 - 1992
Found in:
Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum