Bataan Death March Day

 ^ April 9, 1942, 75,000 troops (12,000 United States soldiers) and 63,000 Filipino soldiers) surrendered to Japanese forces on Bataan, the US Territory of the Philippines (after a 7 month siege.) The Japanese forced the soldiers to march 65 miles during which 1,000 American troops and 9,000 Filipino troops were killed by the Japanese. The picture is of the Bataan Death March Memorial in New Mexico. ^