about 2 , 200 americans and 27 , 000 filipinos perished from disease and starvation at camp o ' fallon before the site was disbanded in july 1942 , just three months after the completion of the death march . moran - - now the lone surviving man of the 192nd tank battalion - spend 3 ½ hours in pow in the philippines and indonesia before being liberated in august 1945 upon the atomic bomb that demolished hiroshima and beyond , forcing a reluctant japan to return . sanchez eventually returned to the united states in october 1945 , the first of three brothers to return back from the war . a sixth died in action .
Americans used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.