Dead American soldiers on the Bataan death march, 1942

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Caption     Dead American soldiers on the Bataan death march, 1942 ww2dbase
Date 20 May 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps
Identification Code   114540
 
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Photos on Same Day 20 May 1942
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 640 x 480 pixels



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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. june divinagracia says:
23 Feb 2012 04:43:20 AM

as one of the son {ww2}veterans im so happy what u did in this that you give a memorable history to understand how the soldier sacrifice for the liberty
2. Anonymous says:
14 May 2012 09:28:49 AM

I have seen this photo on the internet with differing captions. Do you know the origin of the photo? What does the May 20, 1942 date refer to? Thanks
3. June Mazmanian says:
22 Feb 2015 06:04:14 PM

My father was in this march, I only heard the full story of what these men faced after his death. I uncle told me bits of information. This was so sad, so very sad. I can only say the ones who were able to leave this camp were very blessed men. My dad lived.. I am the last one in our family alive and I have at age 65 found out so much more about those days. My dad never talked about that time to my sister or I. I am so greatful that there are places to research my dads life at that time...God Bless all these brave men...
4. World War 2 - Kurt Laduron... says:
21 Dec 2015 08:26:55 AM

This photo DOES NOT show dead Americans, this pic shows US soldiers resting on the ground because of heat exhaustion. Notice the cloths on their foreheads, their feet propped up with their shoes. This photo has had wrong caption for many years and I have and other colleagues have found the truth of this photo...
5. Jeffrey Kagan says:
12 Feb 2019 06:20:28 AM

Does anyone know if there is a complete list of all of the Filipino victims of the Bataan Death March. I'm trying to find the name ALAMAR. Thank you.
6. ANTONIO AN \'DAWN CHAPMAN says:
27 Mar 2019 06:07:37 PM

How does one get a listing of the american soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen in the Baatan death march want a reference for a POW named Minton who was in it..

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