Far East (USAFFE) Brigadier General Joseph P. Vachon, commanding general, 101st Division (Philippines) Brigadier General James R.N. Weaver, commanding general, 1st Provisional Tank Group Two Americans serving as Philippine Army generals also surrendered to Japanese forces: Brigadier General Guy O. Fort, commanding general, 81st Division (Philippines) (executed 11 November 1942 in a prisoner-of-war camp) Brigadier General Luther R. Stevens, commanding general, 91st Division (Philippines) The other Philippine Army generals captured by Japanese forces were native Filipinos like Major General Guillermo B. Francisco and Brigadier Generals Mateo M. Capinpin, Vicente P. Lim and Fidel V. Segundo. Ten U.S. Army generals and General Stevens surrendered at Bataan in April 1942. Generals Wainwright, Moore, Beebe and Drake surrendered at Corregidor in May 1942. Generals Sharp, Chynoweth, Seals, Vachon and Fort were captured in the southern Philippines. Aftermath The defeat was the beginning of three and a half years of harsh treatment for the Allied survivors, including atrocities like the Bataan Death March and the misery of Japanese prison camps, and the "hell ships" on which American and Allied men were sent to Japan to be used as slave labor in mines and factories. Thousands were crowded into the holds of Japanese ships without water, food, or sufficient ventilation. The Japanese did not mark "POW" on the decks of these vessels, and some were attacked and sunk by Allied aircraft and submarines. For example, on September 7, 1944 was sunk by with losses of 668 POWs; only 82 POWs survived. Although the campaign was a victory to the Japanese, it took longer than anticipated to defeat the Filipinos and Americans. This required forces that would have been used to attack Borneo and Java to be diverted to the battle in the Philippines, and also slowed the advance on New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. During the occupation of the Philippines, Americans and Filipino guerrillas fought against the occupying forces. The Allied and Philippine Commonwealth forces began the campaign to recapture the Philippines in 1944, with landings on the island of Leyte. On January 29, 1945, US and Philippine forces liberated POWs in the Raid at Cabanatuan. Importance The defense of the Philippines was the longest resistance to the Japanese Imperial Army in the initial stages of World War II. After the Battle of Abucay the Japanese started to withdraw from Bataan, and resumed their attack in April, allowing MacArthur 40 days to prepare Australia