Bataan

American  

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

Or Bataán

noun

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

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Bataan British  

/ bəˈtæn, -ˈtɑːn /

noun

1. 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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Bataan

Paul Schurtz’s unit had become trapped in the Bataan Peninsula as the Japanese advanced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant -- the only nuclear power plant in the Philippines -- was completed in the 1980s but never launched due to corruption issues and safety concerns.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

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

Lulu learned that Willy had been in the Bataan Death March but had no idea whether he survived or not.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly