Topic: Bataan Death March

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Primary Source:

American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese are

shown at the start of the Death March after the surrender of Bataan on April
9 near Mariveles in the Philippines in 1942 during World War II. (AP
Photo/US Marine Corps)

Source: Encyclopedia Brittanica

Date Captured : April 9,1942

Secondary Source:

Inside the Bataan Death March: Death, Travail, and Memory

For two weeks during the spring of 1942, the Bataan Death March—one of
the most widely condemned atrocities of World War II—unfolded. The
prevailing interpretation of this event is simple: American prisoners of war
suffered cruel treatment at the hands of their Japanese captors while
Filipinos, sympathetic to the Americans, looked on. Most survivors of the
march wrote about their experiences decades after the war and a number
of factors distorted their accounts. The crucial aspect of memory is central
to this study—how it is constructed, by whom and for what purpose. This
book questions the prevailing interpretation, reconsiders the actions of all
three groups in their cultural contexts and suggests a far greater
complexity. Among the conclusions is that violence on the march was
largely the result of a clash of cultures—undisciplined, individualistic
Americans encountered Japanese who valued order and form, while
Filipinos were active, even ambitious, participants in the drama.

Published : 2014

Author’s Background:

Kevin C. Murphy

Age: 42. DOB: 12/29/74. Ht/Wt/Eyes/Hair/Etc: Here.

Current Employ: Speechwriter, Ghostwriter, Raconteur.

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For the past two decades, I have worked behind the scenes in progressive
politics as a speechwriter, ghostwriter, researcher, editor, and advisor.
Over that time, I have written for pundits, strategists, historians, Cabinet
officials, and Members of Congress, including composing articles for
publications such as TIME, Roll Call, Politico, Slate, Salon, CNN, CityLab,
The Hill, the New York Times, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the
Washington Post. I currently reside at the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, where I help save America's historic and treasured places.

In my spare time, I have maintained an online presence since the early

days of the web, writing political commentary and film reviews at Ghost in
the Machine since 1999. I was once kindly deemed "the elder statesman of
history bloggers" by the American Historical Association. And, although I
have pretty much nothing to do with its eventual success, I founded the
award-winning and hugely popular Leaky Cauldron in 2000, now one of the
hubs of Harry Potter fandom on the Internet.
I hold a BA in History from Harvard University, where I was a national
championship coxswain. I also hold an MA, M. Phil, and Ph.D. in American
History from Columbia University. (My dissertation was on the course of
progressivism during the Twenties.)

I currently live in Washington, D.C. with my wife Amy and our blind bichon
Murf. If not at home or work, I'm likely at the movies. From May 2000 to
February 2014, I was lucky to live with a really great sheltie.

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Difference of Primary and secondary:

Primary source: Raw image only. There are no exact details of what really
happened on that exact date of event.

Secondary Source: Interpretation and summary of what happened during

the event. There are detailed descriptions and more insights of the author
that he got from the primary sources or from other books.