Welcome to the Descendants Group an Auxiliary of the American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor
Our mission is to preserve and perpetuate the story of the men and women who defended the Philippines and other Allied outposts against overwhelming odds during the first months of World War II in the Pacific and later became prisoners-of-war. We will accomplish this through education, preservation of documents and artifacts, and historical research dedicated to telling the stories of the battles and the courage that allowed them to survive the deprivations of three and a half years of imprisonment and slave labor. We continue to host the American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor at our annual conventions.
New--The DG is now funding competitive grants.
For 2012 there will be $5,000 in grant money available for a limited number of grants. Projects that tell the storiues of the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines and other Pacific islands and the POWs that were held there or in other locations, or those that develop school curricula, or for development of a play, video production, art display or civic monuments depicting the experiences of the POWs of Japan are eligible for funding.
Links to the application form and guidelines can be found on our Grant Applications page.
2012 Annual Convention
The 2012 convention will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 2-6, 2012. It will be held at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town. May 6, 2012 is the 70th Anniversary of the surrender of Corregidor.
Banner drawing by former POW Ben Steele.