Question

Based on Burgos’s account, why do you think the Japanese separated American and Filipino prisoners? Select the most likely answer. Japanese soldiers believed that Filipinos could march more quickly. Japanese soldiers treated the two groups differently. Japan sought an alliance with the Philippines. Separating the groups reduced the spread of disease.

Answer 1

Japanese soldiers treated the two groups differently.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) Japanese soldiers treated the two groups differently.

Based on Burgos’s account, the Japanese separated American and Filipino prisoners because Japanese soldiers treated the two groups differently.

One of the cruelest moments in the Pacific Theater during World War II was the Bataan Death March. The US troops had surrendered to the Japanese Army in the Bataan peninsula, located on the Philippines island of Luzon. The troops of the US and the Philippine Army were forced to march under the extreme heat conditions to the prison. It was 65 miles of march under harsh conditions.