Bataan

American

[buh-tan, -tahn, bah-tah-ahn] / bəˈtæn, -ˈtɑn, ˌbɑ tɑˈɑn /

Or Bataán

noun

a peninsula on W Luzon, in the Philippines: U.S. troops surrendered to Japanese April 9, 1942.

Bataan British

/ bəˈtæn, -ˈtɑːn /

noun

a peninsula in the Philippines, in W Luzon: scene of the surrender of US and Philippine forces to the Japanese during World War II, later retaken by American forces

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None of the troops on board the USS Bataan know when they will go home.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Some of those alerts go to Captain Ehrhart aboard the USS Bataan, and indicate just how long he has to react to an incoming Houthi drone.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024

Both vessels and the Bataan can support rotary aircraft; the Bataan can also carry and support Marine Corps’ F-35 vertical takeoff fighter aircraft.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

Completed in 1984, the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant was mothballed two years later following the ouster of the older Marcos, the deadly Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and corruption allegations.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2023

Gertie learns that Hans was part of the Bataan Death March.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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