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On April 9, 1942, 75,000 US troops and Filipino soldiers surrendered to the Japanese after 7 months of fighting. These men were denied food, water, and medicine and forced to march 65 miles through the jungle. About 1000 Americans died and 9,000 Filipinos died.


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