Bataan – Page 36 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Bataan

All images and items about Bataan.

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Zo799. Book cover of Shadows of Bataan by Benjamin F. Stakes, adaption by Jim Burkett.

Zo798. A copy of the War Department order for 6 officers to report to the Philippines, dated 13th Oct 1941. First Lieutenant James McD. Gallagher and Captain Benjamin Stakes are on those orders, only Captain Stakes survived the war!

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Zo797. The infamous picture with the 3 POWs in the Bataan Peninsular 1942, with names, from the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt research team.

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Zo800. 1946 Maj Ben Stakes after the war.

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Zo793. President Harry Truman awards Congressional Medal of Honor to General Jonathan Wainwright, Washington D.C., September 10, 1945 Courtesy U. S. Army Medical Department Regiment.

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Zo792. General Jonathan Wainwright (standing, left) with General Douglas MacArthur at Japan’s surrender, USS Missouri, September 2, 1945 Courtesy Amvets Jonathan M. Wainwright Post 1111, Walla Walla.

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Zo791. General Jonathan Wainwright (left) and General Douglas MacArthur, The Philippines, October 10, 1941 Courtesy Center of Military History, United States Army.

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Zo790. General Jonathan Wainwright and wife unveil Japan’s documents of surrender, National Archives, Washington, D.C., September 12, 1945 Courtesy National Archives.

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Zo789. General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1883-1953), ca. 1946 Courtesy Amvets Jonathan M. Wainwright Post 1111, Walla Walla

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Zo795. Gen. Wainwright’s grave, Arlington National Cemetery; Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, PLOT:Section 1, Grave 358-B. Added by Ron Williams.