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MISSION REPORT : BACKGROUND

and exceedingly hot—sometimes more than 100°F (38°C). Many of the men were sick to begin with from malnutrition and tropical diseases. And most of the soldiers didn’t help. If men tried to drink water found by the side of the road, they might get the butt of a rifle cracked over their skull. If they stumbled, maybe the fatal pierce of a bayonet . Filipino citizens who tried to help were shoved out of the way.

Japanese soldiers (left) guard prisoners forced to go on the hellish Bataan Death March in the Philippines.

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