On the grounds of an elementary school in a small Philippine town, the fuse was lit on one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century while at the same time setting in motion one of the greatest ...

This article and accompanying videos are part of a series that will delve into the history of the Bataan Memorial Death March ...

The Bataan Death March was a brutal WWII war crime. Learn about the horrific ordeal and New Mexico's unique connection.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco Bay Area man who survived the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March and symbolized the thousands of unheralded Filipinos who fought alongside American forces during ...

It's been 72 years since the Bataan Death March. Pedro Pineda, 94, thinks he might be ready to start talking about it. "Here is something I cannot forget," he said last week while meeting with fellow ...

Harry Edward Steen Sr., one of El Paso's last remaining survivors of the Bataan Death March in World War II, was remembered April 21 for his tenacity and his attitude to keep going, no matter what the ...

A two-day memorial march honoring the bravery and unyielding spirit of Filipino and American heroes who walked the infamous ...

Within hours of the bombing at the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked the Philippines. Within a month, the Japanese had captured the capital, Manila, on the island of Luzon.

Taken prisoner with the fall of Bataan, he, too, survived the Death March, then was held at Camp O'Donnell before being moved to Cabanatuan. In November of 1942, he was sent to Japan, where he worked ...

An annual wreath-laying ceremony remembering those who gave so much at Bataan as World War II kept its commitment to honor those men. But it all unfolded in an entirely new way, as many things do ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Elias Saavedra, one of the last survivors of the Bataan Death March, died Wednesday. He was 96. Saavedra died of natural causes at his San Rafael, New Mexico, home after battling a ...

To both sides in the conflict, the four months between the launch of the great Japanese Pacific offensive and the fall of Bataan must have felt like an eternity. For the Americans and Filipinos, the ...