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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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    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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    Corregidor ([kɔˈɾɛhidɔr], 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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    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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    Malinta Tunnel (category Corregidor)
    a tunnel 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...
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    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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    The Battle of Mactan (Filipino: Labanan sa Mactan; Spanish: Batalla de Mactán) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between...
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  • significant 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...
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  • Filipino-American army was defeated in the Battle of Bataan, which saw many war crimes committed and the Battle of Corregidor in April 1942, but guerrilla resistance...
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    January–April 1942 Battle of Corregidor: May 1942 Battle of Dutch Harbor: June 1942 Battle of Midway: June 1942 Japanese occupation of Kiska: June 1942...
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  • The Battle of Corregidor (1942), the World War II battle in which Japan took control of Corregidor Island, leading to the capture and occupation of the...
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    Fort Drum (Philippines) (category World War II operations and battles of the Pacific theatre)
    heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, due south of Corregidor Island. Nicknamed a "concrete battleship", the...
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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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  • fighting in some of the most historic battles in the Pacific campaign, from the Battle of Corregidor and Guadalcanal to the closing days of Iwo Jima. While...
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    Bataan Peninsula and the island of Corregidor were the only remaining Allied strongholds in the region. Despite their lack of supplies, American and Filipino...
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    Charles C. Drake (category United States Army personnel of World War I)
    invasion. He was third in command during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. Drake was held as a prisoner of war until 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished...
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    Gestures are a form of nonverbal communication in which visible bodily actions are used to communicate important messages, either in place of speech or together...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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    William Frederick Harris (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II)
    in the class of 1939. He was in A Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines and was captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942....
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    Fort Mills (category Corregidor)
    Chief of Artillery 1905–1906. It was the primary location of the Battle of Corregidor in the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941–42, and of the...
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  • 59th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry)
    heavy artillery regiment in France in World War I, and was in the Battle of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, in World War II. Constituted 1 December 1917...
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  • 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (category Air defense artillery regiments of the United States Army)
    The regiment served in the Battle of Bataan and the Battle of Corregidor, and surrendered to the Japanese at the end of the latter on 6 May 1942. However...
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    campaign, 1942 Battle of Bataan, 7 January – 9 April 1942 Battle of Corregidor, 5-6 May 1942 Dutch East Indies campaign, 1941–42 Battle of Borneo (1941–42)...
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    Jonathan M. Wainwright (general) (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    invasion of the Philippines, for which he received a Medal of Honor for his courageous leadership. In May 1942, on the island stronghold of Corregidor, lacking...
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    3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
    Philippine Island. The 4th Marine Regiment participated in the Battle of Corregidor from January to May 1942. The unit was ordered to surrender by Lieutenant...
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    of Bataan Battle of Corregidor Battle of Panay Battle of Cebu Battle of Davao Battle of Lanao Dutch East Indies campaign, 1941–1942 Battle of Badung Strait...
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    Austin Shofner (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    who was captured during the Battle of Corregidor and then part of the only successful escape from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. He joined the Philippine...
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  • Bartolome Cabangbang (category Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Bohol)
    were redeployed instead to Corregidor for land duties. While assigned to the 4th US Marines, during the Battle of Corregidor, he was awarded a Silver Star...
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    1942. Meanwhile, battles against the Japanese continued on the Bataan Peninsula, Corregidor, and Leyte until the final surrender of United States-Philippine...
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    1941 Battle of Wake Island 7–23 December 1941 Philippines campaign 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942 Battle of Bataan Battle of Corregidor Battle of Ambon...
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