A Japanese photographer took this posed photo of the American flag on the ground on Bataan.
Bataan Flag
The new Prisoners of War arriving at Mariveles at the southern tip of Bataan.
Mariveles 7
Drawing of the chaos at Mariveles as the POWs arrived.
Mariveles POWs
The soldiers in this photo have been identified as A Co., 192nd Tank Battalion.
A Co. Marivales
Mariveles 9
Japanese soldier searching POWs for plunder.
Mariveles 10
POWs being counted at Mariveles.
Mariveles 2
The two men at the end of the middle row, are 2nd Lt. Jack Merrifield, to the left, and 2nd Lt. William Gentry, to the right. Both men were members of the 192nd Tank Battalion.
Mariveles 3
POWs being given what became known as "the sun treatment."
Mariveles 5
Mariveles 6
March 15
This map shows the route of the march out of Bataan.
The March
The start of the march out of Mariveles. The POWs never called it "the death march."
March 1
Another posed photo for the Japanese press. In reality, anyone who rested was bayoneted or shot.
March 5
March 6
March 6
This photo is believed to be A Co., 194 Tank Battalion. The left hand - of the second POW with his hands up - is partially blocking the face of Pvt. Bernard Fitzpatrick of the company.
March 11
This photo taken by a Japanese photgrapher shows members of A Company, 194th Tank Battalion on the Death March. Members of A Company in the photo are Cpl. Al Brown (first soldier on the right), Sgt. Ralph Hollingswoth (The third soldier from the right), and Pvt. Harvey Finch (The fourth soldier from the right).
March 7
In this photo is Cpl. Al Brown with handkerchief against his face.
March 8
Members of the A Company, 194th Tank Battalion, shown in this photo taken by a Japanese photographer are: PFC Robert Swanson, (first from right), PFC Joe Lamkin (wearing hat), and T/4 Wince Solsbee.
March 9
A guard moves in to kill a POW who has fallen during the march.
March 17
March 10
March 12
Posed photo for Japanese press.
March 13
Artesian wells flowed across the route of the march. POWs trying to get water from a well were often killed.
March 16
This website was originally a student project by the students of Proviso East High School, Maywood, Illinois.
Km101-Marker 2
It was at this station the POWs boarded boxcars to ride to Capas.
San Fernando
Kilometer marker 102 is dedicated to the members of B Co., 192nd Tank Battalion.
KM 102 Marker
The only surviving boxcar that was used by the POWs on the march.
Boxcar1
The POWs at San Fernando were packed into small wooden boxcars known as "forty or eights" since each car could hold forty men or eight horses.
BoxCar2
The POWs rode the boxcars to Capas where the living left the cars and walked to Camp O'Donnell. The dead fell to the floors of the cars.
Boxcar 3
