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BATAAN MEMORIAL DEATH MARCH


EVERY STEP IN MEMORY OF THOSE GONE BEFORE


BY CARA SKODACK DAY


Hundreds of American troops line up in surrender and wait for the march to Bataan to begin on April 9, 1942. Many didn’t survive the trek, while thousands more remained POWs for 3 1/2 years until the U.S. recaptured the Philippines. Mark Wohlfield, among these marchers, said, “An interpreter staged us for the cameraman and said to look dejected. That wasn’t hard.” National Archives #208-AA-288BB-4


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lenn Frazier had been signing books for several hours already, thousands


of people coming through nonstop to pick up their march packets. The line wound past the table where he was happily ensconced by stacks of books, all written by him. He smiled at every face, shook every hand, signed his name and wrote a personal note. If you stopped to talk to him, he would hold up one of the books and point to a black and white photograph on the cover. “That’s me, right there,” he said, pointing to a tall, gangly young man. “And that guy right behind me was my best friend. He died there.”


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