A Significant Day to Remember

 

Freedom, just, bravery and valor are powerful words that can reflect and open someone’s heart. Those words symbolizes faith, beautiful hope, courage and words of inspiration. Indeed, there’s a rainbow and sunshine always after storm and thunders. Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.-David Gemmell

After three months of fighting, on April 9, 1942, General King – commander of the  Philippine and American forces in Bataan, met with General Kameichiro Nagano and after several hours of negotiations surrendered to the Japanese forces. The Allied forces in Bataan were composed of more than 60,000 Filipinos and 15,000 Americans. Soon after, these survivors were forced into the infamous Death March. General Wainwright, who commanded the Philippine and American forces in the Philippines after Douglas MacArthur left, later wrote that the Philippine Army had been “…doomed before they started to fight…They never had a chance to win.” They were caught half trained and in the process of mobilizing when the  Japanese invaded the Philippines. But despite all the military errors, lack of training and shortages, The Filipino officers and men fought gallantly. It was mainly due to sickness, hunger and weariness that finally caused the decision to surrender.



The three-month last stand in Bataan is also credited with costing the Japanese forces valuable time and preventing an immediate victory across the Pacific.

 Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as the Day of Valor, marks the greatness, heroism, strongness and essence of Filipino fighters during World War II. It is marked on or around April 9 in the Philippines each year. Araw ng Kagitingan is a non-working holiday that is part of a long weekend in the Philippines. World War II veterans parade in different cities in the Philippines on this day. There are small parades in different localities in the Philippines but the Araw ng Kagitingan’s main highlight occurs when the country’s president gives a speech at the Mt Samat shrine, in the Bataan province, to commemorate the heroism of the Filipinos and American troops during the World War II.



As the pandemic strikes and the world was in process of resiliency, growth and development, we witnessed and continously witnessing heroes of today.

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