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WoWasis book review: Bataan Death March: Mario Machi’s ‘Under the Rising Sun’

By herbrunbridge Posted in Culture & History, Japan, Philippines , | No Comments »

One of the most infamous incidents in World War II was the Bataan Death March, in which the Japanese military force-marched 60,000-80,000 Allied and Filipino prisoners along a 60 mile route. Along the way, thousands of prisoners died, bayoneted or shot by Japanese soldiers, or victims of wounds, disease, or malnourishment. And Mario Machi, an […]

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