Death March Bataan Landmark Finish
Some of the things that you will see when you visit the Death March Bataan Landmark in Capas, Tarlac.
The Capas National Shrine was built by the Philippine government in honor of all the Filipino and American soldiers who endured the Bataan Death March. After their surrender in Bataan, the Pilipino and American prisoners of war (POW)were forced to march by the Japanese Imperial Army, with intent to kill, weaken, and demoralize them.
From Mariveles and Bagac in Bataan, some 60,000 to 80,000 Filipino and American walked to San Fernando Train Station in Pampanga, where they were cramped into boxcars and transported to Capas Train Staion in Tarlac. From there they walked to Camp O'Donnell, which was turned into a Concentration Camp and the final stop of the brutal march by the Imperial Japanese Army. The site where the Filipino POWs were held is now the Capas National Shrine in Tarlac.
From Mariveles and Bagac in Bataan, some 60,000 to 80,000 Filipino and American walked to San Fernando Train Station in Pampanga, where they were cramped into boxcars and transported to Capas Train Staion in Tarlac. From there they walked to Camp O'Donnell, which was turned into a Concentration Camp and the final stop of the brutal march by the Imperial Japanese Army. The site where the Filipino POWs were held is now the Capas National Shrine in Tarlac.
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