Explore the harrowing experiences of Bataan Death March survivors, as recounted by military historian Art Mattingly. Learn about Pvt. Eugene Ralph and others at the Cape County History Center's ...

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. – Honoring the legacy of World War II service members who endured the Bataan Death March is the goal of one U.S. Army Ordnance School officer. Capt. Jonathan Vann, Headquarters ...

In 1988, Congress approved designating April 9 as Former Prisoners of War Day. The day commemorates the April 9, 1942, surrender of more than 12,000 American troops and 66,000 Filipino soldiers on the ...

Apr. 6—More than 1,800 New Mexicans fought the Japanese army in the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines. In the end, after the infamous 65-mile Bataan Death March and years in prisoner of war camps, ...

POLAND — Local veteran Ron Hosler will be the guest speaker for this month’s World War II Heritage Group gathering at A La Cart Catering in Canfield on Dec. 16. Hosler was commissioned an infantry ...

On April 9, 1942, the United States experienced its largest military surrender, followed by the infamous Bataan Death March. Around 76,000 American and Filipino soldiers, already weakened by months of ...

On the grounds of an elementary school in a small Philippine town, the fuse was lit on one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century while at the same time setting in motion one of the greatest ...

On March 23, more than 70 members of the Fort Jackson community and several ROTC cadets from the University of South Carolina, participated in the Bataan Memorial Death March conducted by the Fort ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — Imagine hiking more than 26 miles – carrying 35 pounds. It’s a challenge three local athletes are taking up to honor the service and sacrifice of veterans. “It’s a lot of commitment, you ...

Darmstadt, Germany, April 8, 1949: Most likely three former Army nurses, Mrs. Eileen Francis, Mrs. Carmen Sewell, and 1st Lt. Eleanor M. Garen, all survivors of the Bataan Death March and imprisonment ...