The route starts from Mariveles Bataan to San Fernando Pampanga by marching, from San Fernando Pampanga to Capas Tarlac through train and from Capas Tarlac to Camp 'O Donnell by marching again |
Prisoners of War on the march from Bataan to the prison camp |
Thousands of dead soldiers on the Bataan Death March |
After the surrender of Japan in 1945, an Allied Commission convicted Masaharu Homma for war crimes and was executed on April 3, 1946. To commemorate and honor the soldiers, Araw ng Kagitingan is celebrated as a national holiday in the Philippines. The Capas National Shrine in Capas, Tarlac was built in the grounds surrounding Camp 'O Donnell and a shrine in Bataan named Dambana ng Kagitingan commemorates the Death March.
Dambana ng Kagitingan at Mt. Samat, Bataan |
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