Today we honor American service man and women and all veterans who have experienced imprisonment and the sacrifices made by them and their families as well it commemorates the start of the Battan death batch in 1942. Let us remember them today and give thema moment of silence. Ten hours after the aftermath of pearl harbor Japan strike again in the Philippines hitting the air airfields destroying Army and Airforce planes and following of aerial bombardments followed by landing ground troops, with no support for air Japan dominated the skies. Thus, the following withdrawal from the U.S navy astatic fleet. America had twenty thousand soldiers and Filipinos had hundred thousand that was station there.
After three months of hard fighting went on the Philippine scouts which was considered a backbone of the American defense during the Battle of Bataan, mounted a determined defense along with USAFFE running out of food, medical, disease spreading And overwhelming Japanese forces they was forced to surrendered to the Japanese's and were forced into the Battan death march that was a six day journey where some of the most horrific war crimes was committed by the Japanese's.
Roughly eighty thousand was captured estimated that made into the camps was only fifty-four thousand. During the march civilians gave what food they could and help them while some was less unfortunate.
After escaping Corregidor where his forces were surrounded by the Japanese with his family General Douglas MacArthur and staff in PT boats, they made it to Australia in early 1942 MacArthur promised to return. In 1944 which led to the landing of Leyte Island and delivering his famous I have returned speech and led the allied forces in the liberation of the islands of the POWs and the country itself. In 1942, former POWs led a movement to recognize April 9th as National Former Recognition Day, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation on April 1, 1988, designation National Former Prisoner Recognition Day April 9th.
Let's honor again and remember that all that fought and served and those who we shall never forget during those times.
National former prisoner Of War Recognition Day
Today we honor American service man and women and all veterans who have experienced imprisonment and the sacrifices made by them and their families as well it commemorates the start of the Battan death batch in 1942. Let us remember them today and give thema moment of silence. Ten hours after the aftermath of pearl harbor Japan strike again in the Philippines hitting the air airfields destroying Army and Airforce planes and following of aerial bombardments followed by landing ground troops, with no support for air Japan dominated the skies. Thus, the following withdrawal from the U.S navy astatic fleet. America had twenty thousand soldiers and Filipinos had hundred thousand that was station there.
After three months of hard fighting went on the Philippine scouts which was considered a backbone of the American defense during the Battle of Bataan, mounted a determined defense along with USAFFE running out of food, medical, disease spreading And overwhelming Japanese forces they was forced to surrendered to the Japanese's and were forced into the Battan death march that was a six day journey where some of the most horrific war crimes was committed by the Japanese's.
Roughly eighty thousand was captured estimated that made into the camps was only fifty-four thousand. During the march civilians gave what food they could and help them while some was less unfortunate.
After escaping Corregidor where his forces were surrounded by the Japanese with his family General Douglas MacArthur and staff in PT boats, they made it to Australia in early 1942 MacArthur promised to return. In 1944 which led to the landing of Leyte Island and delivering his famous I have returned speech and led the allied forces in the liberation of the islands of the POWs and the country itself. In 1942, former POWs led a movement to recognize April 9th as National Former Recognition Day, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation on April 1, 1988, designation National Former Prisoner Recognition Day April 9th.
Let's honor again and remember that all that fought and served and those who we shall never forget during those times.