thus movie be base on a true story take from the book and i serve on bataan and write by nurse juanita hipps and a wwii nurse . she serve in bataan and corrigedor during the time when mcarthur withdraw to australia . this unprecedented american withdrawal be a huge temporary defeat for our force and ultimately lead to the surrender of u and philippine troop to japan . those prisoner of that surrender be the one subject to the infamous bataan death march . the action and pathos of this film feel real because they be base on real human being face with critical issue of life and death and hatred and love and courage in the face of fire . so worth your viewing time .