This holiday is also known as Bataan Day, or Bataan and Corregidor Day, or Day of Valor, Araw ng Kagitingan, when the Nation honors Filipino and American soldiers who fought in the Philippines during World War II.

“ALL WARS ARE FOUGHT TWICE, THE FIRST TIME ON THE BATTLEFIELD, THE SECOND TIME IN MEMORY”
– Viet Thanh Nguyen

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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Bataan
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
https://www.pacificwar.org.au/Philippines/FallBataanCorreg.html
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/japanese-surrender-document
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-facsimile-copy-of-the-japanese-instrument-of-surrender-which-marked-133023386.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b4A60dacq0
–  Japanese Sign Final Surrender | 1945 | World War 2 Newsreel
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-114publ265/html/PLAW-114publ265.htm
– FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT OF 2015, Public Law 114-265, 114th Congress