Bataan Peninsula

The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines. It separates the Manila Bay from the South China Sea.

In 1942, after Japan declared war on the United States, American forces were attacked and driven onto the peninsula. The troops stranded there battled several diseases with limited food and medical supplies. Their plight was another entry for the American media to attack President Franklin D. Roosevelt.