Sunday, May 06, 2007
This Day in the Short History of American Disasters
On this day in 1942 , nearly 15,000 Americans and Filipinos, on the tadpole shaped island of Corregidor at the mouth of Manilla harbor, surrendered to the Japanese, including the highest ranking American soldier ever captured in battle (with foreigners), Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright.
Labels: WWII history; Pacific theater
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 11:15 AM 
