On the south side of the Carlos P. Garcia Monument.

The monument features a life-sized statue of a FilipinoAmerican-era soldier in full military uniform, complete with a cap, shown raising one hand in a formal salute. Set into the front of the pedestal below is a rectangular plaque bearing the seal of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, which commemorates the joint Filipino and American defense of the Philippines during World War II.

On April 9, 1942, after months of intense fighting, starvation, disease, and dwindling supplies, combined Filipino and American forces on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered to the invading Japanese army during World War II. The fall of Bataan marked the largest surrender of U.S. and Filipino troops in history and ended organized resistance on the peninsula.

Source of information: https://en.wikipedia.org

THE
FALL OF BATAAN
(APRIL 9, 1942) 

SEALED IN BLOOD THE PERMANENT TIES OF
FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED STATES.
THIS MARKER IS DEDICATED 9 APRIL 1952,
TO THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT FILIPINO
AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS AS WELL AS
CIVILIANS, WHO FOUGHT AND DIED SIDE
BY SIDE IN THE DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY.