Bataan
Manila Bay neighbor
Bataan is a peninsula in the Philippines, site of a devastating World War II battle and the subsequent Bataan Death March in 1942, when Japanese forces marched American and Filipino prisoners of war some sixty-five miles under brutal conditions.
The name evokes wartime suffering and resilience: My grandfather survived Bataan.
Land almost encircled by water
- LuzonMain Philippine island
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- provinceRegional administrative district
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
rainforest · coastal · South China Sea · tropical · natural harbor · volcanic · biodiversity · mangroves
Cease resistance, yield
- MacArthurScottish-origin military surname
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- 1942Four-digit date, mid-century
- Japanese occupationForeign military governance period
fall · siege · POWs · liberation · American forces · captives · atrocities · resistance
Facility producing electrical energy
- MarcosSpanish masculine given name
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- energyPower to do work
Westinghouse · nuclear facility · decommissioned · controversy · corruption · megawatts · dormant · infrastructure
Area designated for factories
- shipyardVessel construction site
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- portDocking place for ships
- petrochemicalProduct from crude processing
refinery · logistics · economic zone · trade · investment · factories · employment · development
peninsula
Land almost encircled by water
- LuzonMain Philippine island
- PhilippinesSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- provinceRegional administrative district
mountains · rainforest · coastal · South China Sea · tropical · natural harbor · volcanic · biodiversity · mangroves · beaches
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- MacArthurScottish-origin military surname
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- 1942Four-digit date, mid-century
Japanese occupation · fall · siege · POWs · liberation · American forces · captives · atrocities · resistance · defense
power plant
Facility producing electrical energy
- MarcosSpanish masculine given name
- mothballedPreserved but inactive
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
energy · Westinghouse · nuclear facility · decommissioned · controversy · corruption · megawatts · dormant · infrastructure · electrical grid
industrial zone
Area designated for factories
- shipyardVessel construction site
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- portDocking place for ships
petrochemical · refinery · logistics · economic zone · trade · investment · factories · employment · development · infrastructure
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- American BattlesGettysburg, Antietam, Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Lexington
- Battle SitesGettysburg, Normandy, Waterloo, Antietam, Stalingrad
- BattlesAntietam, Leipzig, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Bunker Hill
- Historic IslandsAlcatraz, Ellis Island, Elba, Devil's Island, Robben Island
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda