Death March Marker
Of the 75,000 Filipino and American soldiers who surrendered after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor during World War II, only around 54,000 reached the destination after what is now infamously known as the Death March. The prisoners marched from Bataan to prison camps in San Fernando (Pampanga) and Capas (Tarlac). The more than 100-kilometer walk was characterized by inhumane physical abuse and murder: deprivation of food and water, throat slitting, casual shooting, bayonet stabbing, beheading, disembowelment. Many more died in the prison camps. Today, the path is marked by white markers, designating the kilometer number. The intersection that leads to Mt. Samat is kilometer 19, while the “Unknown” Clark Cemetery is marked by Kilometer 100. Rate (above) and review (below) the Death Mark Markers.