Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after ...
Corregidor is a small island. At just over two square miles, it’s shaped like a thought bubble in the mouth of Manila Bay. It may be a tiny dot in the ocean, but it’s also a well-positioned dot.
--Mel Sheya, Fourth Marines, USMC, author of "The Battling Bastards of Bataan", describing his battle experience in Corregidor, December 1941. Held prisoner for 42 months as an ill-treated ...
President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan. December 1941. Library of Congress. July: American government freezes all Japanese assets in the U.S. December: U.S. and Britain ...
President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan. December 1941. Library of Congress. July: American government freezes all Japanese assets in the U.S. December: U.S. and Britain ...
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