Question

Based on Burgos’s account, why do you think the Japanese separated American and Filipino prisoners? Select the most likely answer.

Japanese soldiers believed that Filipinos could march more quickly.

Japanese soldiers treated the two groups differently.

Japan sought an alliance with the Philippines.

Separating the groups reduced the spread of disease.

Answer 1

Japanese soldiers treated the two groups differently.

Burgos’s account describes distinct treatment and handling of American versus Filipino prisoners, indicating the separation was for differential control and treatment rather than speed, alliance, or disease prevention.