Corregidor ([ko.ɾɛ.hɪˈdoɾ], Tagalog: Pulo ng Corregidor, Spanish: Isla del Corregidor) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern...
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The Battle of Corregidor (Filipino: Labanan sa Corregidor; Japanese: コレヒドールの戦い), fought on 5–6 May 1942, was the culmination of the Japanese campaign...
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Corregidor is an island in the Philippines. Corregidor may also refer to: Corregidor (position), a Spanish judicial or administrative position The Battle...
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USS Corregidor (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVU-58) was the fourth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II...
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Der Corregidor is a comic opera by Hugo Wolf. The German libretto was written by Rosa Mayreder-Obermayer, based on the short novel El sombrero de tres...
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The Posada del Corregidor is a building located at the corner of Corregidor Zañartu and Esmeralda streets, in downtown Santiago, Chile. It was declared...
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A corregidor (Spanish: [korexiˈðoɾ]) was a local administrative and judicial official in Spanish Empire. They were the representatives of the royal jurisdiction...
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State Street Bridge (Chicago) (redirect from Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge)
The Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge, also known as the State Street Bridge, is a bridge that carries State Street across the Chicago River in downtown...
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Corregidor Caldera is an extinct volcanic caldera located at the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines. The caldera is composed of the islands of Corregidor...
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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...
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HMS Engadine (1911) (redirect from SS Corregidor)
role. Engadine was sold in 1933 to a Philippine company and renamed SS Corregidor. She was sunk with heavy loss of life by a mine in December 1941 during...
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evacuate to Corregidor, finally surrendered on 10 April. Only 300 men of the U.S. 31st Infantry successfully reached Corregidor. Corregidor (which included...
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Angels of Bataan (section On Corregidor)
The Angels of Bataan (also known as the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor" and "The Battling Belles of Bataan") were the members of the United States Army...
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Malinta Tunnel (category Corregidor)
complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. It was initially used as a bomb-proof storage and...
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Jabidah massacre (redirect from Corregidor massacre)
received basic training, they were transported to a remote section of Corregidor Island at the mouth of Manila Bay where they were further trained in guerrilla...
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Corregidor is a 1943 American war film directed by William Nigh and starring Otto Kruger, Elissa Landi and Donald Woods. The film is set in December 1941...
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Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays (category Corregidor)
military reservations on 11 April 1902. Accordingly, El Fraile, Carabao, Corregidor, Grande, and Caballo Islands in the Philippines were to be fortified and...
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The Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor (company Model 31) was an American twin-engined long-range maritime patrol flying boat built by Consolidated Aircraft...
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Naval Base Manila (redirect from Naval Base Corregidor)
Troop were withdrawn to the Bataan Peninsula. Some Troops withdrawn to Corregidor Island in the bay, that surrendered May 6, 1942. Japanese forces took...
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Fort Mills (category Corregidor)
Fort Mills (Corregidor, the Philippines) was the location of US Major General George F. Moore's headquarters for the Philippine Department's Harbor Defenses...
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in Panama, one in Hawaii, and two one-gun batteries at Fort Mills on Corregidor in the Philippines. The guns were originally in open mounts with protected...
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in the Philippines from Australia through his Deputy Chief of Staff in Corregidor Island. He reorganized his and designed it as an independent from each...
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situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, due south of Corregidor Island. Nicknamed a "concrete battleship", the reinforced concrete sea...
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for his courageous leadership. In May 1942, on the island stronghold of Corregidor, lacking food, supplies and ammunition, in the interest of minimizing...
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informed him that MacArthur would be transferring his headquarters to Corregidor island, and requested the President to join him. President Quezon initially...
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The Casa del Corregidor is a building located in the town of Marbella, southern Spain. It was built in 1552, with a stone facade emblazoned with a balcony...
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the highest elevation at 381 feet high. Caballo, along with the larger Corregidor (2 km to the north), divides the entrance to the bay into two broad and...
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List of memorials to Bataan Death March victims (section American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Veterans Association)
Bataan–Corregidor Memorial Bridge in Chicago, Illinois, where State Street crosses the Chicago River, commemorates the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor as...
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battles: The Battle of Bataan on Luzon Island The Battle of Corregidor of 1942 on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay Japanese invasion of Davao The Philippines...
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Meanwhile, battles against the Japanese continued on the Bataan Peninsula, Corregidor, and Leyte until the final surrender of United States-Philippine forces...
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