![]() The march was characterized by severe physical abuse and wanton killings. Differing sources also report widely differing prisoner of war casualties prior to reaching Camp O'Donnell: from 5,000 to 18,000 Filipino deaths and 500 to 650 American deaths during the march. The total distance marched from Mariveles to San Fernando and from the Capas Train Station to Camp O'Donnell is variously reported by differing sources as between 60 and 69.6 miles (96.6 and 112.0 km). ![]() The transfer began on April 9, 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during the World War II. The Bataan Death March ( Filipino: Martsa ng Kamatayan sa Bataan Japanese: バターン死の行進, Hepburn: Batān Shi no Kōshin) was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where the prisoners were forced to march until they died. Estimates range from 5,500 to 18,650 POW deaths. Mariveles, Bataan and Bagac, Bataan to Capas, Tarlac, Luzon Island, PhilippinesĮxact figures are unknown.
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