After the surrender of the combined American and Filipino forces, they were taken as prisoners of war by the Japanese. The Japanese immediately began to march the prisoners in groups of 100 north.
The journey was 66 miles from Mariveles, on the tip of Bataan, to San Fernando, and took five to twelve days to travel. During that time, the prisoners of war were subjected to brutal treatment by the Japanese, who would bayonet, shoot, or behead prisoners who were too weak to move on.
The journey was 66 miles from Mariveles, on the tip of Bataan, to San Fernando, and took five to twelve days to travel. During that time, the prisoners of war were subjected to brutal treatment by the Japanese, who would bayonet, shoot, or behead prisoners who were too weak to move on.