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Bataan and Cabanataun in Pictures

Bataan and Cabanataun in Pictures. Mrs. Cavell Honors American History. 0. Corporal Jolley’s account of the prison camp was most likely?. A personal reflection Propaganda Documentary of the Pacific Theater. 14.

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Bataan and Cabanataun in Pictures

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  1. Bataan and Cabanataun in Pictures Mrs. Cavell Honors American History

  2. 0 Corporal Jolley’s account of the prison camp was most likely? • A personal reflection • Propaganda • Documentary of the Pacific Theater

  3. 14 What policy did the Americans intercept from the Japanese regarding POW camps in the Philippines? • Search and Destroy • Bury the Evidence • Kill All • Never Surrender

  4. Bataan Death March • In January of 1942 the Japanese began to occupy Manila in the Philippines. • General MacArthur ordered by FDR leaves Manila and heads to Bataan • In April the US surrenders Bataan and the remaining US soldiers are captured and marched for seven days to various POW camps (O’Donnell and Cabanataun, Palawan)

  5. The map of the Bataan Death March • The March

  6. Death March • A rare break

  7. The Long Journey through and to Hell

  8. Some don’t make the trip…

  9. Some are forced to carry the dead for miles

  10. Cabanataun • Men forced to dig their own graves

  11. Torture • Women tortured in camp

  12. Torture • Man tortured in camp

  13. Palawan Massacre Watching fellow POW’s get decapitated were the norm Kill All Policy

  14. Palawan Grave • Crude grave

  15. The Final Count at Palawan • Nearly 150 soldiers burned, bayoneted or decapitated

  16. Liberation and Rescue at Cabanataun • Skeletal men who survived

  17. Ghost Soldiers • Often the men were so frail and thin, they were referred to as ghost soldiers.

  18. 0 Do you think there should be laws governing POW treatment during war? • Yes…these pictures support that argument. • Possibly…difficult to enforce. • No…war is not pretty or nice.

  19. Turn and Talk… • 1. With a partner, discuss the possibility of uniform rules regarding POW treatment. Create a list of three things that should never allowed in a POW camp. • Discuss how this could be enforced and what punishments for violations.

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