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	News - Discover Bataan Peninsula
		Nagbalayong, Morong was organized to intensify the information campaign and generate public awareness on the importance of endangered baby Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea are the smallest in the world) in our eco-system.
		The Bataan General Hospital (BGH), Balanga City is constructing an additional contemporary three-storey hospital ward building worth P 50 million.
		Five (5) engineering students from Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) Main Campus joined the competition gave the title of Math Wizards.
	www.mybataan.com /content/blogcategory/1/96 (376 words)

	Bataan Peninsula - MSN Encarta
		Bataan Peninsula, peninsula of western Luzon Island in the Republic of the Philippines, bounded by Manila Bay on the east and by the South China Sea on the south and west.
		The peninsula is mountainous, and its population is concentrated in the eastern coastal plain.
		During World War II (1939-1945) the Bataan Peninsula was the scene of heavy fighting between Allied and Japanese forces.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558398/Bataan_Peninsula.html (254 words)

	The American Experience \| MacArthur \| Capture and Death March
		Alfred X. Burgos: Well, when Bataan surrendered, they gathered all of us in Mariveles, Bataan, and they told us that we had to march all the way to San Fernando Pampanga because we were all going to be accounted for and taken to prison camps.
		Of course, the Americans that were there were made to walk on the right side of the street to distinguish them from the Filipinos, and on the left side were all the Filipino troops.
		Because of the mess, everybody was sick with malaria and dysentery....
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfeature/bataan_capture.html (1563 words)

	Decision To Withdraw to Bataan
		Under the threat of impending disaster, he determined on that day to withdraw his forces on Luzon to the Bataan Peninsula, to declare the Philippine capital, Manila, an open city, and to transfer his headquarters to the tiny island of Corregidor.
		Bataan, recognized as the key to the control of Manila Bay, was to be defended to the "last extremity."
		Under War Plan ORANGE the movement of supplies to Bataan was to begin immediately on the outbreak of war and continue until the depots and warehouses there had been stocked with sufficient supplies to sustain a garrison of 43,000 men for six months.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/70-7_06.htm (8043 words)

	Bataan Death March (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He reluctantly left Bataan on March 11th with the proclamation "I shall return." General Jonathan M. Wainwright, U.S. Army, immediately assumed command of the forces on the island of Corregidor off the southern tip of the Bataan peninsula.
		The odds against the American-Filipino troops remaining on Bataan became overwhelming and on April 9, 1942, with face in palm, Maj.Gen. King surrendered all forces on the peninsula.
		The Bataan "Death March" recognized as one of the greatest inhumanities of WWII, is also one of the greatest displays of heroism and human spirit on the part of those who did survive.
	www.bataan.navy.mil /March.htm (1034 words)

	Bataan Day - Part I Indian Religions,Pictures of Bataan Day - Part I Picture,All about Bataan Day - Part I Rituals, ...
		Bataan Day commemorates those who lost their lives defending the peninsula of Bataan...
		Bataan Day commemorates those who lost their lives defending the peninsula of Bataan (in the Philippines) against the Japanese in 1941 - 42 and those who subsequently died on the "Bataan Death March".
		Bataan Day or Day of Valor (called Araw ng Kagitingan in native Filipino) is celebrated in honor of the American and Filipino troops who defended the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines against the Japanese during World War II.
	www.4to40.com /discoverindia/religions/index.asp?article=discoverindia_festivals_bataanday (267 words)

	Bataan Information
		Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon.
		The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north.
		The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Bataan (701 words)

	Bataan Province
		The entire peninsula fell to the Japanese on April 8, 1942.
		Allied forces used Mount Samat during the defense of Bataan, and were bombarded by Japanese artillery from Balanga.
		It was occupied by the Japanese after the fall of the Bataan peninsula.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_bataan.html (735 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Bataan
		Bataan peninsula juts sharply southwards from the western shores of central
		The province of Bataan was settled by Tagalogs along the coast and by Aetas in the interior mountains when the Spaniards arrived in 1572.
		Bataan is continuing to improve its infrastructure to meet the demands of current and future investors.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/bataan.htm (1338 words)

	BATAAN DALNET
		Bataan peninsula is located southwards from the western shores of central Luzon, forming the enclosed and well-sheltered Manila Bay to the east that is nearly cut off from the open China Sea in the west.
		Bataan fell to Japan on April 9 and was retaken by an American force on February 17, 1945.
		Bataan, then known as Vatan, was part of the vast Capampangan Empire that included what now are the provinces of Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, and some portions of Bulacan, Zambales and Pangasinan, These coastal villages were inhabited by natives who were predominantly fishermen, farmers and craftsmen.
	www.tambayanet.com /bataan/about.html (2302 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Fall of the Philippines [Chapter 15]
		Dominating the peninsula are two extinct volcanoes: the 4,222-foot high Mt. Natib in the north and, to the south, the Mariveles Mountains whose highest peak, Mt. Bataan.
		To Wainwright's corps was assigned the defense of the western half of Bataan; Parker's corps was on the Manila Bay side.[4] Both corps were under MacArthur's headquarters on Corregidor, which by 5 January had established a Bataan echelon under Brig.
		The movement of supplies to Bataan was more difficult, largely because of transportation problems, the brief period of time in which to accomplish the task, and the size of the shipments.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/USA-P-PI-15.html (9240 words)

	Bataan Peninsula
		The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines.
		The peninsula features Mount Natib (1,253 m) in the north and the Mariveles Mountains in the south, which includes Mount Samat, the location of the historical marker for the Bataan Death March.
		The Bataan Province is located on this peninsula.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/bataan_peninsula.html (161 words)

	Bataan Provincial Profile
		The peninsula is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north, and faces South China Sea to the west and encloses its arm, Manila Bay, to the east.
		Bataan is famous in history as one of the last stands of American and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japanese forces in World War II.
		The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines.
	www.wcorridor.com /ProvinceLinks/bataan.htm (299 words)

	Bataan Day
		On April 9, 1942, 12,000 American soldiers surrendered to the Japanese at the tip of the Bataan Peninsula, which juts into Manila Bay in the Philippines.
		The distance a captive had to march was determined by the point at which he started on the trail.
		Bataan Day is a national holiday in the Philippines when large groups of its citizens solemnly re-walk parts of the death route and pay homage to the victims of the March.
	www.seasite.niu.edu /Tagalog/Cynthia/festivals/bataan_day.htm (683 words)

	A Woman Retraced the Entire Route of the Bataan Death March Alone - Simon Wiesenthal Center
		Bataan Peninsula is similarly situated to Boso Peninsula (in Japan) that embraces Tokyo Bay.
		The Bataan Death March had been a topic for debate as a systematic atrocity in the same line as the Holocaust by the Nazis Germany. However, 60 years after the war, it is now being reconsidered from various perspectives.
		Until the mid-70s, the Bataan Peninsula was one of the areas where anti-Japan sentiment was strongest.
	www.wiesenthal.com /site/pp.asp?c=fwLYKnN8LzH&b=1354389 (4724 words)

	Bataan I
		A peninsula 25 miles long and 20 miles wide at its base that forms the west side of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
		Bataan moved to Majuro on the 14th for repairs to her forward elevator, but local repair crews could not fix the problem.
		Bataan entered the naval drydocks at Hunters Point that same day; and, over the next two months, the yard workers repaired her elevator, painted the hull, and installed a second catapult, an air-search radar, deck lighting, rocket stowage, and a second aircraft landing barrier.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b3/bataan-i.htm (5147 words)

	How the battle went in Bataan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The difference between the campaigns was that the Americans retreated to Bataan, whereas the Japanese forces retreated to the mountains around Baguio where large units could not be used to their best advantage.
		Delaying actions were fought to permit withdrawal to Bataan, the bloodiest of which was fought by the 11th and 21st Divisions on the Porac-Guagua line.
		The first defensive in Bataan was the Hermosa-Dinalupihan line, where on 6 January 1942 the 71st Division, the American 31st Infantry Regiment and the 26th Cavalry Regiment fought off the pursuing enemy.
	corregidor.org /chs_bataan/bataan1.html (1394 words)

	How the battle went in Bataan
		The difference between the campaigns was that the Americans retreated to Bataan, whereas the Japanese forces retreated to the mountains around Baguio where large units could not be used to their best advantage.
		Delaying actions were fought to permit withdrawal to Bataan, the bloodiest of which was fought by the 11th and 21st Divisions on the Porac-Guagua line.
		The first defensive in Bataan was the Hermosa-Dinalupihan line, where on 6 January 1942 the 71st Division, the American 31st Infantry Regiment and the 26th Cavalry Regiment fought off the pursuing enemy.
	www.corregidor.org /chs_bataan/bataan1.html (1394 words)

	Bataan Death March - A Survivor's Story: Philippine Department of Tourism
		This peninsula sticks out in Manila Bay overlooking Corregidor Island and was the site of a heroic battle between combined American and Filipino Forces and the Japanese.
		Paid for by members of the Battling Bastards Of Bataan organization, it honours the over 1, 600 Americans who perished there from inhumane treatment received from their Japanese captors.
		The most recent honours American Military Women who served under extreme hardship and earned the title "Angels Of Bataan and Corregidor." It was dedicated on May 6, 2000.
	www.bataansurvivor.com /content/philippine_department_of_tourism/1.php (403 words)

	1942: FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES
		Manila Bay and the Bataan Peninsula are to the southwest, with Cavite to the east of Bataan across the bay, and Corregidor Island off the southern tip of Bataan.
		MacArthur's headquarters was transferred to the tiny fortified island of Corregidor, south of Bataan in Manila Bay, on Christmas Eve.
		The fate of the Americans and Filipinos who became POWs was a shameful chapter in the history of war, the Bataan Death March.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1942philip.php (1909 words)

	[Bataan Peninsula] \| [All the best Bataan Peninsula resources at karaoke.velocityincome.com] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fall of the Bataan peninsula, followed by the fall of Corregidor, and Gen. MacArthur’s harrowing escape by PT boat, across the South Pacific to Australia, and his return to liberate the Philipinnes, is fairly well known,...
		Bataan Philippines Travel Guide, Destinations and AttractionsBataan is the peninsula which is found in the western part of Luzon.
		An Angel gets her wingsTrapped on the Bataan Peninsula, they established operational hospitals with open-air wards in the dense jungle to help care for the retreating American forces.
	karaoke.velocityincome.com /Bataan_Peninsula (493 words)

	Battle of the Philippines: Bataan and Corregidor
		Plan Orange had required the Bataan Peninsula to be stocked with sufficient food and medical supplies to enable 43,000 troops to withstand a Japanese siege for six months.
		Despite the hopelessness of the American position, MacArthur declared that he was determined to hold Bataan and Corregidor to the end, and he set up the Abucay-Mauban defensive line with two army corps across the Bataan Peninsula.
		Homma had thrown 20,500 troops into the attack on the defenders of Bataan, and when he pulled back his troops on 24 February he had less than 2,000 left on their feet and many of these were sick.
	www.users.bigpond.com /pacificwar/gatheringstorm/Philippines/SiegeBatCorr.html (1657 words)

	Bataan History
		The continued successful opposition of the American-Filipino fighters to the Japanese takeover of Bataan provided the hope needed to the United States homeland that the battle in the Pacific was not lost.
		The odds against the American-Filipino troops remaining on Bataan became overwhelming, and on April 9, 1942, with face in palm, Major General Edward King surrendered all forces on the peninsula.
		The Bataan "Death March" is known as one of the greatest inhumanities of WWII, and also as one of the greatest displays of heroism and human will power on the part of its survivors.
	www.bataancvl29.org /History.htm (757 words)

	Capt. Ed Dyess, Capt. Roland Barnick
		P-40s were sent to two small airstrips being readied on the Peninsula and some of the fighter pilots were put into the infantry, since there were no planes for them to fly, and no place to fly from.
		As soon as the new bases were ready at Cabcaben and Bataan airfields, General Harold H. "Pursuit" George, called Dyess and his men back to the 21st Squadron.
		The story of Bataan is an unusually courageous one, and the P-40, and her brave pilots wrote a particularly memorable chapter in the history of fighting men.
	www.aviation-history.com /airmen/bataan.htm (571 words)

	War in the Pacific
		Following the prescripts of War Plan Orange, he had his army retreat to Bataan Peninsula and nearby Corregidor Island where his troops, spearheaded by the Philippine Scouts, were able to hold out against the well trained and well equipped Japanese.
		The men of Bataan and Corregidor were packed into the holds of the ships so tightly that there was no room to sit or to lay down, and they had to take turns sleeping.
		Bataan Diary is based on the diaries and correspondence of Frank and Evelyn Loyd, supplemented by five years of the author's research into the many events that occurred in the Philippines and central Pacific during World War II.
	www.bataandiary.com /Introducing.htm (2063 words)

	Bataan Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bataan Peninsula has been an important place in the history of the Second World War, when it was bitterly fought over by the Japanese and the Allies.
		The Fall of Bataan ion April 9, 1942 is remembered with respect and has been designated a national holiday.
		There are seven memorials and monuments to remind one of the terrible loss of life such as the 300ft high cross on Mount Samat, near the provincial capital Balanga.
	www.regit.com /regitour/philipin/intplace/bataan.htm (157 words)

	Amazon.com: Bataan: DVD: Robert Taylor,George Murphy,Thomas Mitchell,Lloyd Nolan,Lee Bowman,Robert Walker,Desi ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In that respect, "Bataan" is again remarkable, as the violence is graphic and shocking, particularly for the period in which the film was made.
		Bataan is a province, central Luzon, Philippines, sheltering Manila Bay from the South China Sea...
		"Bataan" is the fictional story of 13 men who stayed behind, holding a bridge, and fighting to the death a rear guard action to ensure the success of the Allied forces retreat from the Philippines...
	www.amazon.com /Bataan-Robert-Taylor/dp/0792841654 (2515 words)

	Migration of doom...Bataan Death March
		The Bataan peninsula is located to the West of Manila and is important because it has access to Corregidor, a small island that blocks the Manila Bay.
		The impact of the Bataan Death March was felt on both sides of the world.
		A short and brief overview of the Bataan Death March outlining the major phases of the march.
	ussslcca25.com /bataan.htm (2590 words)

	Angels At Bataan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Months later, they were trapped on the Bataan peninsula, using crude techniques in makeshift jungle hospitals while trying to repair battered and bloodied bodies amid constant air raids and gunfire.
		They were the female counterparts of the men who in World War II would proudly become known as "The Battling Bastards of Bataan" - the 72,000 soldiers whose 1942 defense of the Philippines ended with the largest surrender ever of U.S. troops.
		The women's story begins with the Japanese attack on Manila Dec. 8, 1942, and follows them through the battles of Bataan and the nonstop shelling of Corregidor, a rock island fortress, to their surrender, their three years in Japanese camps and, finally, their liberation.
	www.hampton.lib.nh.us /hampton/biog/ritapalmer/angelsatbataan.htm (807 words)

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