Bataan Memorials

From VFW Post 2485 Angeles City.

Comrades and Shipmates, Each year we observe Memorial Day and Veterans Day, either at the Clark Cemetery or individually at services within our communities. In the observance of these holidays we may have lost sight of a portion of our local and national historical heritage.

This is - honoring our Comrades and Shipmates that participated in or gave their lives in the Battles of Bataan, Corregidor and the subsequent Death March. VFW Post 2485 will host the Annual Death March Memorial Service at the Capas Memorial at 1000 hours, 9 April 2005.

The service will be held at the Capas Museum Compound, between the Philippine and Battling Bastards of Bataan Memorials. The service will consist of a message by the Commander Post 2485, a prayer offered by the Post Chaplain and a wreath laid at both memorials.

We hope you will be able to attend. Request you and your organization consider putting the service on your schedule. I can be contacted through the Post Home at 379 Pinatubo Street (corner Pinatubo Street and Santol Road), Clarkview, TEL:63 45 892-7147 FAX: 63 45 892-7369 or E-Mail: <vfw2485@mozcom.com> Yours in Comradeship, Albert R. Mitchell, Commander, VFW Post 2485