Day of Valor
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The Day of Valor, officially known in Filipino as Araw ng Kagitingan, is a national observance in the Philippines that commemorates the fall of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor against Japanese tro
President Bongbong Marcos offering a wreath at the Mount Samat National Shrine in Pilar, Bataan, during the Day of Valor in 2024
Fall of Bataan historical marker, Bataan Provincial Capitol grounds
2014 Day of Valor commemoration at Veterans Park, San Ildefonso, Bulacan
President Bongbong Marcos delivering a speech at Mount Samat National Shrine on 2024 Day of Valor, with veterans on the background
Edward P. King
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Edward Postell King Jr. was a major general in the United States Army who gained prominence for leading the defense of the Bataan Peninsula in the Battle of Bataan against the Japanese invasion of the
Day of Valor
…on April 9, 1942, against the orders of Generals Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright, the commander of the Luzon Force, Bataan, Major General Edward P. King, Jr., surrendered more than 76,000 starving and disease-ridden soldiers (64,000 Filipinos and 12,000 Americans) to Japanese troops. The majority of these…
General Edward King