Sgt. Howard Hasselkus of Elmore died in a Japanese POW camp in 1942. His remains were identified in 2024 and he will be ...

Experts said that under proper conditions, a landing could be effected on the northern or "tail end" of the tadpole-shaped island ... all their fury on Corregidor after Bataan fell April 9.

Since 2009, the New Mexico congressional delegation has introduced bills to establish the medal to honor those captured at the Bataan peninsula and on Corregidor Island, two of the main defensive ...

leading to surrender of U.S. and Filipino forces on the Bataan peninsula in April 1942 and Corregidor Island the following month. Powers was reported captured in the Bataan surrender and was among ...

After the fall of Bataan, the small, rocky and heavily defended island of Corregidor was a last stand for the Allied defenders. Gen. Douglas MacArthur left on March 11 for Australia and the Bataan ...

The island of Corregidor fell less than a month after Bataan. “This brave defense — alongside campaigns to defend the Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Guam, Java, Mindanao and the Aleutians ...

Watch removal by bayonet ranks among the most delicate of operations.

LAS CRUCES - A small group of survivors from the battles to defend the Bataan peninsula and Corregidor Island in the Philippines during World War II were greeted as heroes Friday evening at a ...

Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942. Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and ...

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 ...