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Battles of the Pacific

Battles of the Pacific. Libertyville HS. WWII In China. Initial Japanese Victories. Mistreatment of POWs. “Bataan Death March” Philippines: 75k POWs marched 90 miles 54k reached prison camps Casual beheadings, shootings, gutting, bayoneting, rifle butt beatings along the way

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Battles of the Pacific

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  1. Battles of the Pacific Libertyville HS

  2. WWII In China

  3. Initial Japanese Victories

  4. Mistreatment of POWs • “Bataan Death March” • Philippines: 75k POWs marched 90 miles • 54k reached prison camps • Casual beheadings, shootings, gutting, bayoneting, rifle butt beatings along the way • Minimal food / water

  5. POWs During the March

  6. Burial Detail, POW Camp

  7. Battle of Coral Sea Large explosion aboard USS Lexington

  8. Battle of Midway

  9. USS Yorktown, Hit by Torpedo

  10. Douglas TBD-1 Devastator

  11. Battle of Guadacanal

  12. Guadalcanal Landings

  13. Battle of Leyte Gulf

  14. Kamikaze

  15. Battle of Iwo Jima

  16. Battle for Okinawa

  17. Hiroshima / Nagasaki

  18. Hiroshima

  19. Hiroshima / Nagasaki

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