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FINAL BATTLE SITE
(Diwa, Pilar, Bataan)
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stride this point on which was located the vital North-South Trail 4,
was positioned the 23D Infantry Regiment which held the center of the
21st Division (PA), subjected to artillery and serial bombardment in
the morning of Good Friday, 3 April, its outpost line of resistance
North of Tiawir River collapsed. At 1500 hours the Japanese 61st
Infantry Regiment, 4th Division broke through the main line of
resistance at this point and swerving eastward for the 22D Infantry to
abandon its position. By nighttime the Japanese has pushed 1,000 yards
behind the main line of resistance on their advance toward Limay. On
the 6th of April, the Japanese had overwhelmed all resistance offered
by the 23rd and 22d Infantry Regiments resulting in the disintegration
of the 11 Corps and the Surrender of Bataan. |