9 April 1942 Bataan has fallen. The Philippine-American troops on this war-ravaged and bloodstained peninsula have laid down their arms. With heads bloody but unbowed, they have yielded to the superior force and numbers of the enemy.
The world will long remember the epic struggle that Filipino and American soldiers put up in the jungle fastness and along the rugged coast of Bataan. They have stood up uncomplaining under the constant and grueling fire of the enemy for more than three months. Besieged on land and blockaded by sea, cut off from all sources of help in the Philippines and in America, the intrepid fighters have done all that human endurance could bear. Radio Broadcast - Voice of Freedom
April 9, 1942, Bataan was surrendered and Eugene Davidson began the longest trip of his young life. Sixty Eight years later, the one thing that burns in Eugene’s mind is the hunger that he and the others endured during those months before surrender and during his years in prison camp. To honor Eugene and ensure no one today has to go hungry, I am collecting food for the Linn Benton Food Share.
Until April 9, 2010, · you are welcome to bring food to the Keller Williams Realty office behind Baha Fresh on 9th Street · you can ask me to make a pick up at your convenience · you can make donations to Linn Benton Food Share in honor of Bataan Heroes It doesn’t matter how or why or where you donate, it is right thing to do. Make sure no one today has to go hungry.
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