Battle of the Coral Sea and Corregidor: When America’s worst defeat gave way to victory
By Walter R. Borneman
Published May 04, 2017
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 during which invading Japanese forces trapped American and Filipino troops on Bataan. The horrors of the Bataan Death March still resonate three-quarters of a century later, but literally hours after Corregidor’s surrender, Americans fought another battle that gave hope that the war could be won.
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