#bataeño

Day of Valor, or Kagitingan Day, or Bataan Day, commemorates the bravery of Filipino soldiers and the fall of Bataan during World War II.

“On 9 April 1942, at high noon, major General Edward P. King, Jr., senior American officer on the battle-torn peninsula, surrendered the Bataan forces. The infamous death march began, an ordeal which annealed the Filipino spirit.

Let friend and foe recognize the martial spirit that defeat could not break. To the memory of these brave warriors whose blood soaked every rock of this land so that this nation might endure, this humble shrine is consecrated.” 📍 Mt. Samat National Shrine || Shrine of Valor