General MacArthur was ordered by President Roosevelt to relocate to Australia and before he left he reorganized the forces in Philippines.

He saw it fit to have single commander in Bataan that will directly report to him through his representative in Corregidor.

Due to General MacArthur's failure to notify US Army Headquarters in Washington, D.C of the new setup assuming that General Wainwright has assumed the Philippine Island command all correspondence was address to Wainwright.

Edward P. King Jr an artillery officer to command all forces in Luzon but he can effective just command on US and Filipino forces are isolated only in Bataan as couldn't communicate with those units isolated in Zambales, Cordillera, and Sierra Madre mountains.

On May 9, 1942, General King sent two of his staffs to meet the Japanese commander in Bataan to discuss terms of surrender.

He sent his aide Maj. Marshall Hurt and his Artillery Officer Col. E.C Williams to Japanese front under the white flag to seek terms of surrender.

General King went forward with his aides Majors Achilles Tisdelle and Wade Corthan, Force G3 Officer Col James Collier and Maj Hurt met them halfway to guide them to the meeting place in Lamao (now Limay).

After Col. Nakayama a representative of 14th Army accepted his unconditional surrender, all 76,000 troops Filipino-American forces and civilians in Bataan became POWs and walked the Death March from Mariveles, Bataan to San Fernando, Pampanga then train to Camp O'Donnell in Capas, Tarlac.

Starved, sick, and those unable to walk are shot or bayoneted without provocation by Japanese soldiers.