| Original caption: “Taken during the March of Death, from Bataan to Cabanatuan Prison Camp.” Japanese guards allow a break during the Bataan Death March. This 60-mile (96 kilometer) forced march from Mariveles to Camp O’Donnell was ordered by the Japanese to remove American and Filipino prisoners of war from the combat zone as the Imperial Japanese Army reduced the island fortress of Corregidor. This photo was smuggled out of the Philippines during the occupation. Note Japanese photographer in the right foreground. 1 Japanese soldier is holding 2 Type 38 rifles. The Hitō-hakengun (“Philippine Expeditionary Force”) published in May 1943: “The unmanly enemy army bows in pitiful rage before the sacred wrath of the people of Greater East Asia. They have added their unspeakable tastes to Japan and with their unreasonable hearts have tried to deny the existence of the country. There is no escaping their punishment.” | |
| Image Filename | wwii1826.jpg |
| Image Size | 3 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 5740 x 4565 |
| Photographer | |
| Photographer Title | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | April 10, 1942 |
| Location | |
| City | Bataan |
| State or Province | Luzon |
| Country | Philippines |
| Archive | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Record Number | 127-GR-111-114538 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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