The Bataan Death March

For the United States, World War II started on December 7th, 1941 with a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. What many don't realize that the Japanese launched simultaneous attacks around the Pacific in near unison.

The Philippines, a territory of the United States since 1898, were under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. He was tasked with preparing the islands should Japan attack. As much as he did, Japanese forces quickly overran defenses and US and Filipino armies retreated to the Bataan Peninsula.

Here, the combined might of the US and Filipino armies held off the Imperial forces of Japan until April 1942. Once General King surrendered, those that remained alive were forced to march more than 100km in what is known as the Bataan Death March.

My Great Uncle was stationed here prior to World War II and survived the march. Join me in this special QiRanger Adventure as Jo and I travel to Bataan. We start off at Mariveles, the sight of the first of two 00km Death March markers and make our way through the peninsula all the way to Tarlac and Camp O'Donnell.

= WEB SITES =
Twitter:   / qiranger  
Facebook:   / qiranger  
Blog: http://qiranger.com
The Travel Channel:    / qiranger  
The Vlog Channel:    / theqirangervlog  
Podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/th...

Music, fully licensed.