By March 1942, Japan controlled all of the Western Pacific except the Philippines. MacArthur's plan was to hold his ground on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island in the Philippines until ...

MacArthur had been evacuated from the Philippines. Disease and hunger ... May 6: U.S. surrenders their last stronghold, the island of Corregidor. early June: American POWs are transferred to ...

U.S. forces surrendered on the Bataan peninsula in April 1942 and on Corregidor Island in May 1942 ... American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines. A rosette will be placed next to his ...