Freedom March 2026 Strengthens National Remembrance of Bataan Heroes
In an exclusive media interview at Camp O’Donnell in Capas, Tarlac, Miguel Angelo “Mike” C. Villa-Real, First Vice President for Marketing and Communications of Philippine Veterans Bank , shared key updates and powerful insights about this year’s Veterans Bank Freedom March. As the bank’s lead representative and National Executive Vice President of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines Sons and Daughters Association, Villa-Real emphasized that the Freedom March is more than a commemorative event it is a living tribute to the heroism and sacrifice of World War II veterans. Held along the historic route of the 1942 Bataan Death March from Kilometer Zero in Mariveles, Bataan, to the Capas National Shrine, the site of the former Camp O'Donnell the two-day trek retraces the footsteps of thousands of Filipino and American soldiers who endured unimaginable hardship. Inspired by the annual Bataan Memorial Death March in New Mexico, Villa-Real launched the local initiativ...
