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  2. Battle of Corregidor - Wikipedia

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    Surrender of American troops at Corregidor American and Filipino prisoners, captured at Corregidor, arrive at Bilibid prison by foot and truck as Japanese look on, 25 May 1942. Unlike the Filipinos and Americans on Bataan who surrendered to the Japanese forces, the Prisoners of War (POWs) in Corregidor were not subjected by the death march.

  3. Palawan massacre - Wikipedia

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    On 12 August 1942, 300 American prisoners arrived on two transport ships, survivors of the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor. They were interned in the old Philippine Constabulary barracks, referred to as Palawan's Prison Camp 10A, or Palawan Barracks. They would spend the next two years clearing an area 2,400 by 225 yards (2,195 by ...

  4. Corregidor - Wikipedia

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    The island's biggest area, which points towards the west Philippine Sea, rises prominently to a large flat area that is called "Topside".Beneath this was the fortified communications center of the island, as well as the location for the Army headquarters, barracks for enlisted men, a branch of the Philippine Trust Co. bank, the Cine Corregidor movie theater, officers' quarters, underground ...

  5. Remains of U.S. WWII airman identified after dying as ... - AOL

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    Intense fighting ensued and continued until the surrender of Bataan peninsula and Corregidor Island in spring 1942. ... Calvi died on July 16, 1942, according to prison and historical records ...

  6. Battle of Corregidor (1945) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor (Filipino: Labanan para sa Corregidor), which occurred from 16 to 26 February, 1945, pitted American forces against the defending Japanese garrison on the island fortress. The Japanese had captured the bastion from the United States Army Forces in the Far East during their 1942 invasion.

  7. Jonathan M. Wainwright (general) - Wikipedia

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    Wainwright, nicknamed "Skinny" and "Jim", was born at Fort Walla Walla, a former Army post near Walla Walla, Washington.His father was a U.S. Army officer who was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry in 1875, rose to the rank of major, commanded a squadron of the 5th Cavalry at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War, and, in 1902, died of disease in the ...

  8. Surviving Bataan: Fayetteville area prisoner of war connections

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    Mims said the soldiers fought the Japanese in Manila and Corregidor, an island off the Bataan Peninsula. He became a prisoner of war after American forces surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942.

  9. Angels of Bataan - Wikipedia

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    The Angels of Bataan (also known as the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" and "The Battling Belles of Bataan" [1]) were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at the outset of the Pacific War and served during the Battle of the Philippines (1941–1942).