Camp O’Donnell – Bataan Project

Tarlac Drawing Cut — This drawing By Col. Malcom V. Fortier depicts POW life in the camp at Tarlac, Philippine Islands.
Tarlac Drawing Cut

POWs are lectured — POWs are lectured on the rules after arriving at Camp O'Donnell. They were also told they were captives and not prisoners of war and would be treated as captives. Courtesy of Ben Steele©
POW are lectured Courtesy of Ben Steele©

Camp Odonnell Hut — Drawing of a POW barrack at Camp O'Donnell
Camp Odonnell Hut

Camp O'Donnell — A photo of an abandoned Camp O'Donnell.
Camp O'Donnell

Odonnell2 — Camp O'Donnell POWs
Odonnell2

Camp Odonnell — This photo shows the POWs at Camp O'Donnell receiving their rations. The food was given in meager portions. Note the Japanese guard walking among the prisoners. The POW directly behind the guard, and walking in the same direction as the guard, is Jim Bashleben of B Company. Courtesy of the Lewis Brittan Family
Camp Odonnell

Odonnell3 — POWs lie under barracks at Camp O'Donnell.
Odonnell3

Odonnell7 — Since there were not enough barracks for the POWs to live in, many of the POWs were housed in tents.
Odonnell7

Odonnell4 — POW kitchen at Camp O'Donnell
Odonnell4

Camp Odonnell2 — Camp O'Donnell meal
Camp Odonnell2

Deadco — American burial detail at Camp O'Donnell.
Deadco

Burial Detail 2 — Filipino soldiers carry their dead in slings to the cemetery. 26,000 Filipinos died at the camp, while 1500 Americans died in the 61 days the camp was opened.
Burial Detail 2

Burial Detail Camp O'Donnell — Mass grave at Camp O'Donnell Courtesy of Ben Steele
Burial Detail Camp O'Donnell

Odonnell1 — Camp O'Donnell picture taken by American photographer in 1945.
Odonnell1

Odonnell6 — Overgrown Camp O'Donnell Cemetery as seen in 1945.
Odonnell6

Odonnell5 — American graves at Camp O'Donnell in 1945.
Odonnell5

Camp O'Donnell Cemetery 001 — Aerial photo of Camp O'Donnell Cemetery taken after the war from a American Reconnaissance plane.
Camp O'Donnell Cemetery 001

Odonnell Grave — Remains of American POWs being exhumed from a mass grave at Camp O'Donnell.
Odonnell Grave

Camp O'Donnell 4 — Camp O'Donnell 4
Camp O'Donnell 4

Odonnellcross1 — A 1945 photos of the Camp O'Donnell Cemetery Cross
Odonnellcross1

Odonnelcross2 — The Camp O'Donnell cross at the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville, Georgia.
Odonnelcross2

Camp O'Donnell 002 — Camp O'Donnell 002
Camp O'Donnell 002

Camp O'Donnell Plaque — Camp O'Donnell Plaque
Camp O'Donnell Plaque

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campodonnell

Memorial1 — Original Camp O'Donnell Memorial which was replaced because of damage due to repeated flooding.
Memorial1

Memorial5 — Memorial5
Memorial5

Memorial4 — Memorial4
Memorial4

Memorial2

Unit Names2

Unit Names

Capas New Shrine 4

Capas New Shrine 6 — Dedication to the soldiers who lived and died at Camp O'Donnell
Capas New Shrine 6

Capas New Shrine 1

Capas New Shrine 2

Capas New Shrine 7

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