Corregidor is a small island. At just over two square miles, it’s shaped like a thought bubble in the mouth of Manila Bay. It may be a tiny dot in the ocean, but it’s also a well-positioned dot.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine island of Corregidor on this day in history, March 11, 1942. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to leave the island after ...
On October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur along with thousands of army and naval forces attacked the Japanese held island of Leyte. Shortly after wading ashore with Filipino and American leaders, ...
Bahala na, come what may; the story of mission ISBM (I shall return MacArthur) an Army-Navy intelligence mission in the Pacific, as told by Captain Al Hernandez to Dixon Earle. Foreword by General ...