Behold Bataan

English:

PANTINGAN RIVER MASSACRE

The Japanese Imperial General Headquarters expected the fall of the Philippines in fifty (50) days. But then disgraced Gen. Homma, regarded earlier as the most brilliant strategist in the Japanese Imperial Army, met a formidable resistance from the fearless and freedom-loving defenders. After the Fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942, over 400 officers and noncommissioned officers of all units who participated in the Battle of the Points and Pockets staged west of Pantingan River were marked for revenge.

From April 9-12, the Japanese exacted vengeance on one sacrificial group after another. They looted surrendees’ valuables, tied them together using telephone wire and executed them through samurais and bayonets at the Pantingan River between Pilar and Cabog-Cabog, Balanga.

Tagalog:

PANTINGAN MASSACRE

Sa pag-aakala ng mga Hapones na kaya nilang sakupin ang Pilipinas sa loob ng maikling panahon, binigyan lamang nila si Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma ng 50 araw ngunit sila ay nabigo at lubhang nahirapan. Matatapang at buo ang loob ng mga USAFFE.

Dahil dito, nagsisimula pa lamang ang Death March ng sumukong 91st division na binubuo ng mahigit na 400 opisyal at tauhan ang pinahirapan, ninakawan ng mahahalagang gamit, tinalian ng kawad ng telepono at walang awang pinagpapatay gamit ang samurai at bayoneta, sa may Pantingan River sa pagitan ng Pilar at Cabog-cabog, Balanga na tinaguriang Mabungo o Makalansay.