Bataan Memorials

[legionnaire]

Kagitingan Cross, Mt. Samat, Bataan, Philippines




Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library
1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505

www.nmculture.org/cgi-bin/instview.cgi?_recordnum=BMM






Bataan Death March memorial
The Bataan Death March Memorial Monument is the only federally funded monument dedicated to the victims of the Bataan Death March during WWII. The monument was dedicated in April 2001 and was designed and sculpted by Las Cruces artist Kelly Hester. Memorial is located in
Veterans Park along Road Runner parkway, NM

The Statue represents two brothers from New Mexico Regt. which lost more men in Bataan than other US Army units.
And the very last US Regt. to surrender.









The Bataan Corregidor Memorial
Lakefront Park
Corner of Lakeshore Drive and Monument Avenue
Kissimmee, FL 34741

The life-size statue, rendered in bronze by noted sculptor Sandra M. Storm, sits atop a black granite pedestal and base. It consists of three stark figures: an American G.I. and a Filipino soldier propping up each other, while a Filipina woman offers water and solace during the gruesome Bataan Death March. Flanked by Old Glory and the Filipino flag, it depicts lasting friendship that was forged with blood in all the wars in which Americans and Filipinos fought and died side-by-side.

www.bcmf.us/History.asp








The Bataan Corrigedor Memorial Bridge

Location: State Street and the Chicago River
Date of Dedication: The plaque was first dedicated in 1948 and then rededicated by Mayor Richard M. Daley on the 100th anniversary of Philippine Independence, and on the occasion of Bataan Day (April 9, 1998). The plaque reads: "Dedicated to the memory of those gallant heroes from the Chicago area who were members of the besieged garrison on the Bataan peninsula and at Corregidor, Philippine Islands in World War II. May the courage and fortitude displayed by this group in the face of adversity be a constant inspiration to our citizens."

www.historicbridges.org/truss/statest/index.htm







Bataan Death March Memorial

Located in Cooper River Park, Pennsauken, New Jersey, is the Jose Rizal Monument along with the Bataan Death March Memorial.

www.fecgp.org/html/bataan_memorial.html





Battling Bastards of Bataan Monument

You are welcome to add any new Bataan or Corregidor memorials too.

Philip

[VeeVee]

Philip, another big thanks for these information and photos. Everytime you post I learn something new. Cheers.

V

[legionnaire]

"At a Roadblock on the Road to Bataan"

On December 26, the 2nd platoon was ordered by a Filipino major to move down a narrow mountain trail, firing as they went to impress the Filipino troops. The platoon leader, Lieutenant Needham, protested the order and suggested they do a reconnaissance first to see what was out in front, but the major assured him that the enemy only possessed small arms and ordered the platoon to carry out the mission. The tankers set out and promptly ran into an antitank gun and some concealed field pieces. The lead tank was hit, mortally wounding Lieutenant Needham and Private First Class Robert Bales. Staff

Sergeant Emil S. Morello, in the second tank, drove around the disabled tank and ran over the antitank gun.

(see paining above)

Sergeant Morello's tank was also hit, wounding Private Eddie DiBenedetti, who was hit in the neck by a flying rivet. (This incident prompted the War Department to change from riveted to welded construction in new tank production.) Another tank, commanded by Sergeant Glenn Brokaw, was hit and Privates First Class Jim Hicks, McLeod, and Seifort were killed and Brokaw seriously wounded. (Ironically, Hicks had volunteered to drive Brokaw's tank when the regular driver became ill.)

The Bataan Memorial, Camp San Luis Obispo

In all, five tanks were hit and immobilized. Sergeant Morello and four wounded stayed buttoned up inside their tanks, not daring to move because the Japanese had camped for the night alongside the tanks, unaware that anyone inside was alive. In the morning, the enemy left, and Sergeant Morello began tending the casualties. He gathered up five wounded, and they escaped through coconut groves and rice paddies.

With the help of Filipino guides they hired, Sergeant Morello and the wounded soldiers all showed up in Manila five days later after fleeing through enemy territory. He left DiBenedetti in a Catholic Hospital in Manila and, with the other wounded, made his way by Banca to Corregidor. Later, during February, Sergeant Morello was able to rejoin the company on Bataan.

For this action, Sergeant Morello was awarded the Silver Star.

The action described above resulted in the loss of an entire platoon of tanks and five soldiers, and was a grim lesson about the consequences when reconnaissance is ignored and tanks are sent out on a mission, essentially blind.


Company C, 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines, 1941-42

www.militarymuseum.org/Bataan.html

[jhonrey]