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Corregidor - The Rock Force Assault

By: Presidio Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Military History Books (Presidio Press)


Product Info

Title
Corregidor - The Rock Force Assault
Publisher
Category
Author
E.M. Flanagan, Jr.
Publish Year
1988
Pages
332
Dimensions
5.75x6.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147890456
Type
Hardcover

Description

"Corregidor, fortified rocky island in the Philippines, at the entrance to Manila Bay. Under U.S. control from 1898, it fell to the Japanese in May 1942 when General Wainwright surrendered after four months of fierce fighting. Recaptured in 1945, it is now a WWII memorial."

With those words, the Concord Encyclopedia sums up tersely and unemotionally the varied history of the island fortress that guards the approaches to Manila Bay. This book is a story of those words, with emphasis on "Recaptured in 1945."