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Guerrilla Warfare
After Bataan fell came the infamous "Bataan Death March" which shocked the civilized world with its brutal and merciless slaughter of soldiers and civilians. "Prisoners of war, suffering from hunger, thirst, malaria, dysentery and fatigue were forced to march from Mariveles, Bataan, to San Fernando, Pampanga below a scourging sun of summer. Then they were packed like sardines and carried by train to Capas Concentration Camp in Tarlac. It was in this dreadful line that Capt. Ralph McGuire, sick with malaria and dysentery together with a few others were snatched by Filipinos and given medical attention." McGuire was one of the American officers who played a role in the liberation of Zambales in the early days of Guerrilla warfare.
MacArthur’s Account
General Douglas MacArthur in his autobiography "Reminiscences" traces the birth of the Guerrilla Resistance Movement in the Philippines. He knew full well that with the vast expands of the beaches; the Philippines can never be completely defended. There was limited military equipment and resources of America in the Islands at that time. The attitude of the American Government to limit military expenditures pressured by the American public made it worst. America just experienced a depression and overseas military expenditures were out of the question.
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