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The truth behind the Bataan Death March

On December 8th, Japan launched its first attack on airfields north of Manila following the Pearl Harbor attack. General Douglas MacArthur, commanding US and Filipino forces, executed a series of ...
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I learned about the Bataan Death March

On December 8th, Japan launched its first attack on airfields north of Manila following the Pearl Harbor attack. General Douglas MacArthur, commanding US and Filipino forces, executed a series of ...
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Cleveland Army officer who died as WWII POW after Bataan Death March to be laid to rest

CLEVELAND — A World War II U.S. Army veteran from Cleveland will finally be able to rest in peace at home. On Tuesday, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that the remains of U.S.
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New Mexico man who survived the Bataan Death March dies at 105

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Just a couple of months ago, KRQE News 13 shared the story of a 105-year-old New Mexico man who was one of the oldest surviving veterans of World War Two. Valdemar DeHerrera ...
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One of the last Bataan veterans laid to rest

SANTA FE, N.M. – Valdemar DeHerrera, the New Mexico veteran and one of the last known Bataan veterans who survived being a Prisoner of War during World War II, has been laid to rest. DeHerrera passed ...
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Remembering Cletis Overton, Bataan Death March survivor and Hot Spring County’s toughest man

“If there is an attack on the United States or its possessions, and they needed 80-year-old men, I’d go.” So reads the opening page of “The Lord is Our Shepherd” by Steve and Melissa Brawner, a book ...
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Cleveland Army officer who died as WWII POW after Bataan Death March to be laid to rest at home

CLEVELAND — A World War II U.S. Army veteran from Cleveland will finally be able to rest in peace at home. On Tuesday, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that the remains of U.S.