The defense of Bataan and Corregidor was nothing short of valiant and inspiring. Both American and Filipino forces fought tenaciously. withstanding onslaught after onslaught by Japanese infantry. artillery. and air power. More than half of the Allied troops were disabled by either wounds or disease. and all were at the point of starvation by midApril. Tens of thousands of Philippine refugees complicated the peninsulas defense. General Wainwright. assuming command from MacArthur. in March when MacArthur reestablished his headquarters in Australia. was forced to surrende: on May 6. 1942. General MacArthur promised that he would return to the Philippines. and. of course. he did.
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