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Question 11 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 B-Credit Recovery Summer School

When Bataan fell in April 1942, most US and Filipino soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese

Answer
A
succumbed to disease and starvation in Bataan.
B
were forced to build their own POW camp.
C
were executed by the Japanese soldiers who captured them.
D
were beaten and marched to a POW camp by Japanese soldiers.

Explanation

After Bataan fell in April 1942, Japanese forces forced surrendered American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Death March to a prisoner-of-war camp. Many were beaten, denied adequate food and water, and died along the route. Therefore, the correct choice is “were beaten and marched to a POW camp by Japanese soldiers.”

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