Bikers raise funds for displaced, destroyed Death March markers

NOWHERE TO GO This marker in Bagac, Bataan, is one of several obelisks put up on private donations to mark the Death March during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II. The markers had been either displaced by the government’s road-widening projects or hit by passing vehicles since these were along national roads in Bataan, Pampanga and Tarlac provinces, where the tragic journey of captured Filipino and American soldiers took place. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines — Some 135 bikers on Sunday retraced the route of the Death March of 1942 to raise funds to find a new place for the historical markers of the grim event that were displaced by road-widening projects. Dubbed “Ride for Valor,” the ride started with 120 bikers who left … Continue reading Bikers raise funds for displaced, destroyed Death March markers