The Battle for Corregidor

On May 6, 1942, Corregidor--the last stronghold of Allied forces in the Philippines during World War II--fell to Japanese forces. The prisoners of war were marched through Manila and incarcerated at Fort Santiago and Bilibid Prison. Thousands were shipped to Japan for slave labor.

Prior to the surrender, Allied forces held off the Japanese forces long enough to hamper the Japan plan to take over Australia and the Pacific and reassemble enough forces in New Guinea and turn the war around. It is important to recognize that soldiers of all ethnicities--including Filipinos that were nationals of the United States--were involved in this effort.