A Legacy of Heroes: The Story of Bataan and Corregidor - 5/6

"I remember a Filipina girl who used to give me a bibingka (rice cake)."

This tells the "truer story" behind the "forgotten war" of Bataan and Corregidor -- savage battles that violently hurled falsely reassured Filipinos and an ill-prepared Philippines into the Second World War in the Pacific. Produced by the Department of National Defense of the Philippines and the Philippines Veterans Affairs Office this series of videos documents the outstanding courage, heroism and nobility of Filipinos regardless the inevitable fall of the country to the unrelenting Imperial Japanese military juggernaut. An outcome inevitably irreversible despite the fierce resistance of the mostly Filipino and American defenders as the United States government relegated succor to the loyal but unwarily naive Philippine Commonwealth as secondary to America's commitment to her European allies.

This historical account belies many of the myths that have long distorted the realities of Philippine American relations and a must for the serious student of history, geopolitics and military matters. On a lighter yet equally revealing note it also gives a glimpse of pre-war Manila and Philippine society.

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[cbrxle]

putang ina nyong mga japanese! dapat talagang Tsunamihin kayo!!

Ang hirap na ng yare sa mga lolo namin, na nakipag barilan at mamatayan ng kasamahan, at sa bandang hule, ''sumuko lang pala!''

kahit ako naiiyak... yung narealize ko, at nilagay ko, ang sarili ko kay lolo...

Emilio C. Aquino.

[waibes23]

i remember Jose Abad Santos! and Pepito,his son. A real Hero.

[MrFkin123]

dayuum d war was really that horrible that until now the soldiers were still having strong emotions about it, hmm God bless the filipino and american soldiers for they risjedtheir lives saving the Philippines. saludo po ako sa inyo

[eastern2western]

@kimpunkrock yes I see your point, but if those soldiers knew about the japanese treatments of their prisoners of war, I am sure that most of them would much rather fight till death instead of being torture for 3 years, this is what I would do if I knew about the end results,

[kimpunkrock]

@eastern2western I would have done the same thing, took to the hills and formed guerrilla movements. I was just explaining why they were ordered to do it.

[eastern2western]

@kimpunkrock if I had a choice between torture ti death or starve till death, I would much rather fight till death because it is just a much less torturous, even without any bullets, I would fucken take up rocks and sticks to kick some ass

[SenkanYamatoMaru]

It is my firmest belief that if these soldiers were not ordered to surrender, they would have died to the last man. It pains me to see an old warrior weeping as he tells stories about his war...Though I was no there, my love for country makes me feel I understand what he must be feeling...

[kimpunkrock]

@eastern2western watch back to bataan or the movie MacArthur.

[kimpunkrock]

@eastern2western they had nothing to fight with and no food. that is why they surrendered. no ammo, no food--how do u fight?

[eastern2western]

those soldiers should have fought till last men instead of being torture till death