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Norman Reyes, 76, a Filipino American radio broadcaster who was the voice of the resistance on the Bataan peninsula during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, died Jan. 7 at a relative's home in San Pablo, a city 45 miles south of Manila. He had been bedridden since having a stroke several months ago. Mr. Reyes was one of two men who operated a guerrilla radio station in Bataan, west of Manila, to rally Filipino and American defenders of the peninsula against Japanese invaders. His was the voice heard by Filipinos and American soldiers announcing the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. "Bataan has fallen.

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