Despite starvation, disease, no supplies, obsolete weapons, and often inoperative ammunition, the peninsula's defenders fought the Japanese to a standstill for 4 months, upsetting Japan's timetable for Asia's conquest. When MG King announced he would surrender the Bataan Defense Force on 9 April 1942, the 31st Infantry buried its colors and the cherished Shanghai Bowl to keep them out of enemy hands. Some of the 31st's survivors escaped to continue resisting, but most underwent brutal torture and humiliation on the Bataan Death March and nearly four years of captivity. Twenty-nine of the regiment's members earned the Distinguished Service Cross and one was recommended for the Medal of Honor, but the entire chain of command died in captivity before the medal recommendation could be formally submitted. Roughly half of the 1600 members of the 31st Infantry who surrendered at Bataan perished while prisoners of the Japanese.
Died as a POW, in PW Camp #3 - Old Bilibid Prison Rizal Manila Philippines. Awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
ASN was #6747716
31st Infantry Regiment Philippines Division
Died as a POW, in PW Camp #3 - Old Bilibid Prison Rizal Manila Philippines. Awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
ASN was #6747716
31st Infantry Regiment Philippines Division
Despite starvation, disease, no supplies, obsolete weapons, and often inoperative ammunition, the peninsula's defenders fought the Japanese to a standstill for 4 months, upsetting Japan's timetable for Asia's conquest. When MG King announced he would surrender the Bataan Defense Force on 9 April 1942, the 31st Infantry buried its colors and the cherished Shanghai Bowl to keep them out of enemy hands. Some of the 31st's survivors escaped to continue resisting, but most underwent brutal torture and humiliation on the Bataan Death March and nearly four years of captivity. Twenty-nine of the regiment's members earned the Distinguished Service Cross and one was recommended for the Medal of Honor, but the entire chain of command died in captivity before the medal recommendation could be formally submitted. Roughly half of the 1600 members of the 31st Infantry who surrendered at Bataan perished while prisoners of the Japanese.
Died as a POW, in PW Camp #3 - Old Bilibid Prison Rizal Manila Philippines. Awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
ASN was #6747716
31st Infantry Regiment Philippines Division
Died as a POW, in PW Camp #3 - Old Bilibid Prison Rizal Manila Philippines. Awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
ASN was #6747716
31st Infantry Regiment Philippines Division
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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
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