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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2012 1:39:32 GMT 8
I was curious ,
What was Bataan like from the fall to Liberation ? I assume most Japanese units were pulled out , but garrisons left behind to occupy Bataan.
Where ? and what towns / villages were they posted to ? What was their number ? Also , did the Japanese treat the Filipinos humanely during this time or was it more of the same as the initial invasion ?
Any info would be appreciated . Thanx in advance.
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Post by sherwino on Oct 18, 2012 8:58:23 GMT 8
I have read in our local library that in Mariveles town, all people were moved out. Only two families(one was related to my Grandpa) managed to get left behind by hiding in the mountains.
And I also read somewhere in the web that prior to the liberation, American forces met some Filipinos at the western beaches between Mariveles and Bagac. They described the Filipinos as more good-looking ones. Probably they were able to settle there after the hostilities since the place are in the outskirts of the town.
My Grandpa told me that the Japs were mostly kind. I never heard anything inhumane from him. Perhaps, he was talking to a kid back then.
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Post by fortune40 on Oct 18, 2012 20:49:48 GMT 8
According to my Mother in Law after the Fall of Bataan she was 11years old then with her Aunt. They were ordered by the Japanese to evacuate Mariveles maybe due to the fact that there were still fighting up ahead as Corregidor is not surrendering yet. They gather whatever they could and then they were walking out of town towards the direction of Balanga i dont know if it was during the Death March but they told me that there were US/PI soldiers all along the road with so many discarded uniforms and bodies laying on the ground and seeing bodies floating on the creek which maybe somewhere near Cabcaben. The Japanese maybe is not that bad because they were assisted to ride in the truck until San Fernando where eventually they would take train to Manila and go to Cavite. They were given some biscuits.I saw the picture of my In law when young She is good looking. Soon they returned after liberation to see a devastated town which the date they celebrate as fiesta every February..And they learned also that some towns people that did not evacuate were executed..They even pointed the graves of those unfortunate when we visited the town's cemetery because i continue to asked questions about the war.
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Post by sherwino on Oct 23, 2012 7:33:58 GMT 8
hey fortune, take me to those graves when you get home.
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Post by fortune40 on Oct 23, 2012 17:03:45 GMT 8
Yes Sherwino i will but if you are in town this coming the All Soul's Day and maybe if you are visiting the municipal cemetery look for Rodriguez'es (not so sure now that was more than 25+years ago) as i remember the marker were just a simple wooden cross directly pegged in the soil then, one marker for a family..that caught my attention that i asked my In Law's both R.I.P now because that's the only grave then that is near my Father in Law's that seem's nobody is taking care off...Maybe my in laws family is related to yours as i understand your Lolo is Munro's? from your other posts..
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Post by sherwino on Oct 23, 2012 17:47:40 GMT 8
Yeah, Monroes. They're in the center. It's hard to get there by now.
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Post by sherwino on Oct 23, 2012 20:59:10 GMT 8
Maybe related. As they say, old folks in Mariveles are mostly related.
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Post by cbuehler on Oct 29, 2012 6:26:22 GMT 8
The major towns all had garrisons, just as the rest of the Philippines. At the time of the liberation when the 38th Div. pushed up the peninsula, most of the Japanese forces had retreated to the fortified line along the Zig zag road which connects northern Bataan to Olongapo, but that is another story. It is a fact that many of the Japanese garrison troops were often not first line combat troops and indeed many of them were replaced with conscripted Koreans. It may be hard for some on this forum to accept, but Sherwino's grandfather is not the only one that had no problems with the Japanese during the occupation. One of my specialties is the study of the Philippines during the Japanese occupation. It is a subject that is starting to become more open as time goes by, but without opening a can of worms here, suffice to say it was not quite what the popular post war conception of it usually portrays.
CB
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