Torment continues on Bataan

24th April 1942: Even as the Bataan Death March drew to a close many men were still to die in the appalling facilities provided by the Japanese

Apr 24

Now believed to be an image of a burial party at Camp O'Donnell, rather than during the march itself. The very basic huts can be seen in the background.

The survivors from the Bataan death march began to enter O'Donnell camp on the other side of the peninsula in different groups - some continued to arrive until the beginning of May. Along the way thousa…

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