WASHINGTON, May 5, 1942 (UP) -- Japanese landing parties are storming Corregidor fortress in a supreme bid to capture the rock-hewn citadel which bars them from Manila bay, the War department ...
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The fall of Corregidor: The last stand in the Philippines
Corregidor Island stood as the final obstacle to Japanese control of the Philippines after Pearl Harbor. Defended by exhausted American and Filipino forces, the fortress endured months of bombardment ...
Without heroes, we’re all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.– Bernard Malamud, The Natural Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. – Winston Churchill ...
On May 6, 1942, in the early months of World War II, the American flag was hauled down on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. The surrender marked the end to five months of bitter fighting ...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A festive atmosphere reigned when Army Capt. Bob Epstein, Texas A&M Class of ’44, got to the Hotel Manila for Aggie Muster, a university tradition dating to 1883. It was the spring ...
On the 73rd anniversary of the Fall of Corregidor, here are 10 facts that Filipinos may not know about the island fortress of Corregidor and its adjoining islands. The cement for concrete used to line ...
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