Col. James Doolittle. May: American and Filipino forces on the Corregidor in the Philippines surrender. Battle of the Coral Sea: In the first Japanese defeat of the war, American forces sink a ...
The Battle of Bataan ended ... 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 ...
the 24th Pursuit Group when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands. Intense fighting ensued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6 ...