mount samat shrine
seated on the rim of an extinct volcano, with an elevation of 1800 feet, is the national shrine for the fallen heroes of bataan. the 302 feet memorial cross is visible, with a good pair of binoculars, up to baywalk in pasay city, almost 50 kilometers away.
At the start of World War II in 1942 after suffering heavy losses against the Imperial Japanese Army all over Luzon, the Filipino and American soldiers retreated to Bataan Peninsula to regroup for a last valiant but futile stand. After four months of fighting, the 78,000 exhausted, sick and starving soldiers under Major General Edward P. King surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942 known as the fall of Bataan. It is the single largest surrender of U.S. soldiers in history and Mariveles, a town in the Bataan province, was their last stronghold after which, together with the Philippine soldiers, they were led on to the 80-mile (130 km) march to Capas, Tarlac known as the Bataan Death March.
source: wikipedia
mount samat shrine
seated on the rim of an extinct volcano, with an elevation of 1800 feet, is the national shrine for the fallen heroes of bataan. the 302 feet memorial cross is visible, with a good pair of binoculars, up to baywalk in pasay city, almost 50 kilometers away.
At the start of World War II in 1942 after suffering heavy losses against the Imperial Japanese Army all over Luzon, the Filipino and American soldiers retreated to Bataan Peninsula to regroup for a last valiant but futile stand. After four months of fighting, the 78,000 exhausted, sick and starving soldiers under Major General Edward P. King surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942 known as the fall of Bataan. It is the single largest surrender of U.S. soldiers in history and Mariveles, a town in the Bataan province, was their last stronghold after which, together with the Philippine soldiers, they were led on to the 80-mile (130 km) march to Capas, Tarlac known as the Bataan Death March.
source: wikipedia