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Bataan (1943)

Bataan (1943)

Action Drama War

THE STORY OF A PATROL OF 13 HEROES

Release Date: 1943, June 3
Directors: Tay Garnett
Countries: United States of America
Production: Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Robert Taylor, Donald Curtis, Barry Nelson, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Phil Schumacher, Bud Geary, Tom Dugan, Robert Walker, Desi Arnaz, George Murphy, Lee Bowman

Overview:

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

Keywords:

world war ii snipers us army philippines japanese army bayonet suicide mission pacific theater battlefield trauma machine gun one by one historical battle bridge blowup philippine army bataan