Volume 10 , Issue 12

WWII - Palawan Massacre

" The Palawan Massacre -- Fearing prisoners of war would be recaptured by the advancing allies, the Japanese herded the remaining 150 men at Palawan Camp (Philippines) into three covered trenches on 14 December 1944. The trenches were then set afire, and as prisoners tried to escape the flames they were shot down. Some escaped by going over a cliff that ran along one side of the trenches, but were later hunted down and killed. Only 11 escaped the slaughter, including Pvt. Alberto Pacheco of the 200th. It is believed that among the dead were four other members of the 200th: Pvt. Jos. E. T. Mascarenas; Pvt. Trinidad F. Otero; Sgt. Henry F. Scally; Sgt. Charles A. Schubert.; Pvt. Alberto Pacheco..." -- Batan Death March - Palawan Massacre - Remember Our Fallen
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