Bataan - Beginning to End

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1. What was the name of the American General who surrendered Bataan to the Japanese? Answer: (first and last name)

2. Washington knew that Bataan was a lost cause, but continued to give the men fighting there false hope by pledging that food, medicines, and ammunition were on the way. Who stated the famous farce, 'Help is on the way', in a report written directly to troops on January 15, 1942? Franklin D. Roosevelt General MacArthur General Krueger Harry S. Truman

3. When Bataan was surrendered, did Corregidor surrender as well? Yes No

4. Why was the surrender of Corregidor so militarily important to the Japanese? It contained many intact airstrips It allowed them to control Manila Bay It contained a geographically strategic submarine harbor It contained many indestructible underground bunkers to store ammunition

5. Which section of the Japanese army fought against the men in Bataan? 13th Imperial Army 3rd Imperial Army 15th Imperial Army 14th Imperial Army

6. General Homma led the Japanese army that defeated the Americans in Bataan. What was he nicknamed by his countrymen? Answer: (Three Words - the first being 'the')

7. What was the major factor that led to the collapse of General Homma's initially humane plan for the POWs? They had nowhere to keep the prisoners His men underestimated the number of prisoners The men simply disobeyed his orders to be kind to POWs His plan was not humane at all

8. Thousands of prisoners died during the Bataan Death March - so many that if they were spaced out equally, there would have been a body every 20 yards along the 75 mile route. What did the prisoners call this journey, that was later dubbed the "BDM" by the press? The hike The crawl The journey The trek

9. Before being dispersed to various prison camps, to what place did all of the prisoners march? Answer: (two words)

10. The largest prison camp, once the prisoners were subsequently moved became Cabanatuan because it was only 4 miles from a large city. What was the name of the city? Guimba Balincarin Cabanatuan City Manilla

11. Some of the guards at Cabanatuan were extremely brutal towards their captives. Men were killed for the simplest of actions. What was the preferred method of murder for the Japanese towards the end of the war? Disembowling Firing squad Beheading Hanging

12. Even more than the Japanese, the prisoners' worst enemy in captivity was disease. Medicine was almost non-existent in Cabanatuan and men died by the thousands of easily treatable diseases. What is the name of the disease that caused many of the mens' limbs to swell to many times their normal size? Beriberi Dyptheria Malaria Cholera

13. The death rate of American POW's in German prison camps was 4%. What was the death rate of POW's in Japanese camps? 15% 42% 7% 27%

14. When the tide of the war began to turn in favor of the Americans again, what did the Japanese do with the healthy prisoners? Sent them to Japan Freed them Murdered them Nothing, they just left them in the camps

15. When MacArthur finally landed on Luzon, he told General Krueger to push towards Manila at all costs. On the way, an American leader of a Filipino guerilla group came to Krueger with some disturbing news about Cabanatuan. What was the name of this American guerilla? Answer: (first and last name)

16. The Japanese had been massacring entire prison camps as the enemy drew nearer. The American guerilla leader told Krueger that the men of Cabanatuan would suffer the same fate if nothing was done. Krueger decided to send a top secret rescue mission to Cabanatuan. What group of men did he decide to send? 8th Ranger Division 6th Coast Artillery 101st Airborne 6th Ranger Battallion

17. Who was the head of the group who attempted the rescue mission at Cabanatuan? Answer: (first and last name)

18. A group of men stationed in the nearest barrio (town) to Cabanatuan scouted the camp for intelligence vital to the rescue mission. What was the name of this group of scouts who provided the intelligence of the camp? Recon Scouts Ranger Scouts Alamo Scouts Liberty Scouts

19. How did the rescuers plan to transport those prisoners who were too ill to walk back to safety? Carabao Carry them on stretchers Donkeys All of the prisoners could walk

20. Was the rescue mission successful? Yes No