Introduction
Map of the Bataan Death March.
In Balanga, the actual surrender site.
General King.
Every kilometer of the march is memorialized with a roadside marker.
Atop Mt. Samat in Bataan stands a huge cross, a memorial of valor.
The cross is 302' high and is the site of a memorial ceremony each April 9th.
View from Mt. Samat (1821 ft. above sea level) overlooking the general area of the final battles.
Philippine National Cemetery in Manila.
Statement by Gen. Douglas McArthur
The end point of the march and the site of internment camps. It is now a national shrine where ceremonies are held each year on April 9th.
At its center is a huge 240' oblisk surrounded with a black mable wall listing the names of all Filipino prisoners.
It is constructed in three parts symbolizing the peoples of The Philippines, The United States, and Japan.
Looking upward from inside the obelisk.
A segment of the wall of names surrounding the obelisk.
Adjacent to the shrine is a small area honoring the non-Filipino soldiers (nearly all Americans) who died in that place.
Near Clark Air Base is another cemetery containing veterans of the march.
A meditation.