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00:00The Fall and Liberation of Bataan, April 9, 1942

00:03In the sweltering heat of the Philippine jungles,

00:06tens of thousands of starving and exhausted soldiers lay down their arms.

00:10This was the fall of Bataan, one of the darkest, yet most heroic chapters in Philippine history.

00:17When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941,

00:22they also invaded the Philippines, then a U.S. territory.

00:26General Douglas MacArthur, along with Filipino and American troops,

00:30fought desperately to defend the islands.

00:32But the Japanese forces were too strong,

00:35and the defenders were pushed back to the Bataan Peninsula.

00:40For months, Filipino and American soldiers held their ground.

00:44But food and medicine ran out.

00:46Malaria and hunger claimed more lives than bullets.

00:49Still, they fought on earning Bataan the title, The Last Stand of Asia.

00:54On April 9, 1942,

00:58Major General Edward King surrendered more than 70,000 soldiers.

01:02What followed is remembered with horror,

01:04the Bataan Death March.

01:07Over 60,000 Filipinos and 15,000 Americans

01:10were forced to march over 100 kilometers under the blazing sun

01:14without food, without water.

01:17Thousands collapsed from exhaustion, disease, and brutality.

01:20Those who stumbled were beaten, bayoneted, or left to die by the roadside.

01:24But the story of Bataan does not end in despair.

01:27Across the islands, Filipino guerrillas continued the fight,

01:31sabotaging Japanese operations and keeping the flame of resistance alive.

01:35In 1944, true to his promise,

01:42I shall return, MacArthur led the liberation of the Philippines.

01:47By 1945, Bataan was free, but at a terrible cost.

01:51Hundreds of thousands of lives lost, cities destroyed, and a nation scarred forever.

01:56Today, Bataan is remembered not only for the suffering,

02:02but for the courage of those who endured.

02:05Their sacrifice reminds us that freedom is never free,

02:08it is paid for by the blood and bravery of those who came before us.

02:11Remember Bataan never again.

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