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 ...
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 ...
NEVER in my life had I felt the least desire to go down in a submarine. I can remember the day when the High Commissioner’s naval aide in Manila said to our fifteen-year-old son, “Bill, how would you ...
A festive atmosphere reigned when Army Capt. Bob Epstein, Texas A&M Class of '44, got to the Hotel Manila for the Aggie Muster, a university tradition dating to 1883. It was the spring of 1946, the ...
May 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the island of St. Helena. In 1847, the American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia. In 1862, Mexican ...
As the Philippines celebrates its heroes –April 7th is Tribute to Veterans Day, and April 9th is Araw ng Kagitingan or National Heroes’ Day — it is good to remember Corregidor and Bataan. These two ...
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