The remains of a Wisconsin man who died during World War II have now been accounted for, military officials announced Friday.
A 25-year-old Milwaukee airman, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, has been positively ...
when he received $500,000 from the Philippine government during the siege of Corregidor and Bataan. This fact remained a secret until historian Carol Petillo broke the story in a 1979 article ...
MacArthur's plan was to hold his ground on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island in the Philippines until the U.S. Navy could bring reinforcements and supplies from the United States.
Military headquarters were removed to the island of Corregidor. General Douglas MacArthur believed the lushly vegetated Bataan peninsula, 80% of which is mountainous terrain, could provide ...
He became a survivor of Bataan-Corregidor, but most of his fellow POWs never came home. The young veteran made it back home and had a couple of sons — my brother and me. My brother served in ...
A Milwaukee man who was captured and died in the Philippines during World War II was accounted for earlier this year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) ...
The release said Corvias secured more than $560 million in capital to support its privatized military housing at six military ...
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 ...
MacArthur had his entire Army withdraw to the Bataan Peninsula and to Corregidor Island to hold off the enemy until the U.S. Navy could bring reinforcements and supplies. The Philippine Scouts ...