Tears in the Darkness: The Battling Bastards of Bataan

By Andy Caldwell

American prisoners carrying comrades on the Bataan Death March. Source: Alamy

After the Japanese navy bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which drew the United States into battle at the beginning of World War II, the Japanese military set its sights on the Philippines because of its strategic location.

The Battle of Bataan began on January 6, 1942, …