Bataan markers, monuments reminders of Death March

BALANGA CITY: Historical markers and monuments in Bataan mostly found along the MacArthur Highway from the towns of Mariveles and Bagac to the boundary of Pampanga become more significant today as reminders of World War 2 and the Death March as the country celebrates the Araw ng Kagitingan on Sunday.

The Zero Kilometer (KM) Death March monument stands in Mariveles at the “Pinagsimulan ng Death March” spot where thousands of Filipino and American soldiers started their 160-kilometer grueling march to Capas in Tarlac on April 10, 1942.