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.

Its statement described the intensity of the fighting on the islands until Allied forces on the Bataan peninsula surrendered in April 1942 and were driven from Corregidor Island the next month.

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 ...

The fighting was violent until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula and Corregidor Island in the spring of that year. During that time, thousands of American and Filipino service members were ...