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.

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 director of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Museum, Education and Research Center discussed its efforts ...

General MacArthur’s landing at Leyte on October 20, 1944, was the first time he had been in the Philippines since he was ...