ARAW NG KAGITINGAN!

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป!
“๐‘น๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’‚๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‡๐’†๐’‚๐’“, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’„๐’• ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Š๐’•.”
The Day of Valor, also known as Araw ng Kagitingan, commemorates the heroism of Filipinos and American Soldiers when the Japanese occupied the Philippines during World War II. Major General Edward P. King, of the United States Army, was forced to surrender more than 76,000 Filipinos, Chinese and American soldiers to the Japanese at dawn on April 9, 1942. The soldiers were forced to take a 90-mile (about 145 kilometers) hike to Camp Oโ€™Donnell in San Fernando. Thousands of prisoners died during the hike (also known as the Bataan Death March) due to starvation, dehydration and diseases before they could reach the camp.