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Blog Updated! May 6, 2013
Corregidor Falls 
May 6, 2013 71 years ago today the guns fell silent on Corregidor. After holding out a month after the fall of Bataan and with Japanese armor within striking distance of his headquarters in Malinta Tunnel General Jonathan Wainwright, commander of the Philippine-American forces, surrendered to Japanese forces on Bataan. The Japanese continued with air strikes until noon anyway. |
Ghosts of Seattle Mariveles, Bataan Province, Philippines This metal 'Soldier's Grave' is part of the Death March Memorial at Kilometer 0, where the march began in Mariveles. An identical sculpture is on Corregidor as well. We found this by accident, we were driving to the bancay boats to get to Corregidor when we missed our turn. I noticed the Death March marker we passed said "2 km" on it, so I asked our driver if he could go another two kilometers before turning around. Sure enough two kilometers down the road, across the the beach and nestled in a quiet little park next to a Jollibee fast food restaurant was the Death March Kilometer 0 Memorial Park. |
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