The day after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941, the Japanese began invading Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Within a month, Manila was captured and the U.S. - Filipino Army quickly started to run out of necessary supplies needed for survival. People who are educated enough to know what the Japanese did back in the 1940’s have the mindset of them being cruel and vicious people. However, the Japanese are not as violent and brutal as they were in the Philippine Bataan Death March as they have evolved in economics, culture, and the practice of democracy from U.S. influence (A&E Television Networks, 2014).
U.S. General Edward King Jr. was forced to surrender his 75,000 troops at the Bataan Peninsula, on the Luzon Island of Manila, because they were “crippled,” by lack of food and diseases from the deprivation of naval and air support. The troops involuntarily walked approximately 55-65 miles from Mariveles to San Fernando. From San Fernando, they had to get on a train, and travel to Capas. Once they reached Capas, the troops once again had to march 8 more miles to the prison camp, Camp O’Donnell (A&E Television Networks, 2014) (See appendix p. 7).
Through an unknown survivor’s interview, the true brutality that …show more content…
Transitioning from the Bataan Death March in the Philippines to now, they have a motive of never disgracing their family. So, in the war, they were so mad at the American troops and the Filipino troops because they surrendered instead of fighting to the death. Japan believed that if you surrender you are weak as well as an unworthy opponent. In today’s era of Japan, it is a disgrace to the family if the man of the household loses his job, so instead of going home to face his failure, rather he commits suicide, and the family name isn’t ruined. In America, people see suicide as an action that would disgrace the family because it is morally
U.S. General Edward King Jr. was forced to surrender his 75,000 troops at the Bataan Peninsula, on the Luzon Island of Manila, because they were “crippled,” by lack of food and diseases from the deprivation of naval and air support. The troops involuntarily walked approximately 55-65 miles from Mariveles to San Fernando. From San Fernando, they had to get on a train, and travel to Capas. Once they reached Capas, the troops once again had to march 8 more miles to the prison camp, Camp O’Donnell (A&E Television Networks, 2014) (See appendix p. 7).
Through an unknown survivor’s interview, the true brutality that …show more content…
Transitioning from the Bataan Death March in the Philippines to now, they have a motive of never disgracing their family. So, in the war, they were so mad at the American troops and the Filipino troops because they surrendered instead of fighting to the death. Japan believed that if you surrender you are weak as well as an unworthy opponent. In today’s era of Japan, it is a disgrace to the family if the man of the household loses his job, so instead of going home to face his failure, rather he commits suicide, and the family name isn’t ruined. In America, people see suicide as an action that would disgrace the family because it is morally