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	Corregidor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Corregidor is an island in the entrance of the Philippines' Manila Bay.
		The island is about 48 kilometers west of Manila which is strategically located at the entrance of Manila Bay.
		During the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42), General Douglas MacArthur used Corregidor as Allied headquarters in the Philippines until March 11, 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corregidor (338 words)

	Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Philippines was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan in 1941-42, and the defense of the islands by Filipino and United States forces.
		Corregidor was now defended by 11,000 personnel, comprising the US 4th Marine Regiment, other miscellaneous infantry, US Army artillery units and US Navy personnel, deployed as infantry.
		The Japanese began their assault on Corregidor with an artillery barrage on 1 May. On the night of 5-6 May, two battalions of the Japanese 61st Infantry Regiment landed at the northeast end of the island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippines_(1941-42) (1326 words)

	CorregidorPhilippines.Com : About Corregidor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The name 'Corregidor' came from the Spanish 'corregir', or 'to correct', since the island was a checkpoint for vessels entering Manila Bay during the Spanish and American occupations.
		Perhaps it is Corregidor's geographical proximity to Bataan and existing inaccurate historical writings that cause many to associate the rock island with the Death March, which came shortly after the Fall of Bataan.
		Corregidor had very little relationship with Bataan; it had no connection with the Death March whatsoever." Gordon was a survivor of the Death March and Camps O'Donnell and Cabanatuan.
	www.corregidorphilippines.com /aboutcorr.htm (869 words)

	Corregidor
		The islands of Corregidor, which consist also of four rock islet named Fraile, Caballo, Monja and Carabao, form part of the jurisdiction of the City of Cavite.
		Actually the word Corregidor must have originated from the Spanish 'corregir' meaning "to correct" or "to check" as this island served as a checkpoint for vessels entering Manila Bay during the Spanish and American Occupations.
		The Muslim pirates were first to take advantage of Corregidor, using the island as a rendezvous with their other groups or as a jumping board from where they could spring attacks to the coastal towns of Luzon.
	roger_santos.tripod.com /corregidor.html (1119 words)

	Corregidor: Fortress island, time capsule and monument to wartime valor
		Corregidor, the tree-covered rocky island set in the sparkling waters of Manila Bay is a key location in the Second World War, though many may never have heard of it.
		Today the island is mostly silent apart from the sound of the lapping waves, birds and cicadas, but this tiny island, also known as 'The Rock' was the scene of wartime victory, valor, defeat and destruction.
		Corregidor is like a time capsule, allowing you overcome the bounds of time and experience a taste of life during wartime.
	www.aidan.co.uk /article_corregidor.htm (1265 words)

	Corregidor
		Corregidor is a small rocky island in the Philippines about 48 kilometers west of Manila which is stragetically located at the entrance of Manila Bay.
		This island fortress stands as a memorial for the courage, valor, and heroism of its Filipino and American defenders who bravely held their ground against the overwhelming number of invading Japanese forces during World War II.
		The big guns of Corregidor are now silent and the ruins of buildings, structures, and tunnels in the island tell a very moving story of a war that has claimed so many lives.
	corregidorisland.com (409 words)

	Corregidor (The Rock)
		General Macarthur was evacuated from the island by PT Boat during the night of March 11, 1942 to Mindanao, and then was flown to Australia.
		Corregidor is a protected national park, with a small population whose job it is to maintain the grounds and look after the tourists.
		Prior to the fall of the island, the gun was disabled by the Americans.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/philippines_corregidor.html (1041 words)

	ANN
		Corregidor deserves its memorial as the "superhuman effort" put up by the outgunned and undermanned Filipino and American soldiers to delay the Japanese soldiers' march toward Australia, thus giving the American and allied forces time to gather reinforcements and finally repel the invaders.
		Thus, Corregidor is the "Island of the Corrector" or Isla del Corregidor.
		Corregidor was an ideal site, as it guarded the mouth of Manila Bay from the South China Sea, and was right smack in the middle of the Bataan peninsula and the Cavite developments.
	www.asianewsnet.net /level3_template4.php?l3sec=5&news_id=41428 (1348 words)

	Echoes of lost treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands and bordering the South China Sea lies a tiny island only nine square kilometers in size; a rocky outcropping that was to play a significant role in the war with Japan between the years 1942 –; 1945.
		Corregidor Island, often remembered with mixed feelings by most World War Two veterans who were there during those years, is to most historians and followers of the Pacific war the Gibraltar of the Far East.
		At that time Corregidor was not under direct assault, but the defenders knew that it was only a matter of time and getting caught with a pier full of open containers of fuel, food and treasure would not have been a welcome situation.
	corregidor.org /chs_trident/trident_02.htm (3116 words)

	BUNJEWORLD: Travel Time: Corregidor: Rock of the East
		Corregidor is located at the mouth of Manila Bay between Cavite and Bataan.
		Corregidor still stands as a living memorial to the men and women who fought for their countries and their beliefs.
		The Japanese Memorial on the island is the "Musashi Memorial", dedicated to the crew of the super battleship Musashi (sistership of the battleship Yamato).
	www.bunjeworld.com /destinations/Corregidor (637 words)

	Siaz.com \| Corregidor
		It's a one and a half cruise from Manila to the island which is also know as the "Rock" bec.
		Upon reaching the tadpole-shaped island, we rode a bus which resembles the train that was used in 1942 by the Americans.
		The Battery Crocket is one of the six disappearing gun batteries which encircled the island.
	www.angelfire.com /nv/mitzitomas/work/corregidor.htm (120 words)

	A Brave Weekend At Corregidor, Part I
		The island was completely devastated between 1941 and 1945, first when the combined forces of Filipinos and Americans commanded by Gen. Douglas McArthur fell under the hands of the then-imperialist Japanese, and when they hit back to regain independence after almost three years of captivity.
		Japanese first attacked the island in December 29, 1941 grimly damaging the Middleside and the Topside Barracks, also known as the Milelong Barracks, and the hospital area.
		Corregidor was the last stronghold of Fil-Am forces to surrender in May 6, 1942 with over 13,000 survivors.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/philippine_weekend_getaways/46706 (566 words)

	Corregidor: The Rock Force Assault (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The island is only 1,735 acres in size, yet it occupies a position off the south coast of the Bataan peninsula that dominates the entrance to Manila Bay, and it holds a position in history much greater than its size would indicate.
		The guns of Corregidor were inattentive on the night of 30 April 1898, when the US Navy's Asiatic Squadron, under the command of Commodore George Dewey, ran past the guns and defeated the Spanish fleet located at Cavite.
		The shelling of Corregidor, General MacArthur’s escape by PT (patrol torpedo) boat, and the desperate, bloody amphibious assaults by the Japanese leading to Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright’s tearful last message are captured by the author.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/Flanagan.html (1126 words)

	Corregidor Island - Fortress of Freedom Souvenir E-Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Pound for pound, Corregidor Island, the Fortress of Freedom - is the ultimate tourist destination in the Philippines.
		Several monuments now stand on the island, most notable of which is the Pacific War Memorial with its Dome of Peace, and Monument of the Eternal Flame.
		The main head of the island, together with its semicircular tadpole-like shape, and Caballo Island, form an atoll of sorts that could have once been the crater.
	www.corregidor.biz (571 words)

	Strategic Systems Programs: Keeping our Seaborne deterrent armed and ready. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		With nearly all the island territories north of Australia by then in enemy hands, the remaining pockets of allied resistance on Luzon and Mindinao were left completely isolated, and access by blockade-running submarines — through nearly 2,000 tortuous miles of enemy-held archipelagoes — became seriously problematic.
		Nonetheless, Chapple brought Permit into Corregidor on the 15th, off-loaded all the spare ammunition he had on board, and embarked 47 passengers, including 36 cryptographers and linguists and seven survivors from one of the “MacArthur” PT boats, which had broken down at Panay.
		Tadpole-shaped Corregidor Island (then Fort Mills) extends roughly 4 miles in an east-west direction and is approximately 2-1/3 miles wide at its widest point.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_15/subs_corregidor.html (2931 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		CORREGIDOR, Philippines--Philippine and U.S. soldiers raised their flags Wednesday on Corregidor Island in ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the island's liberation from Japanese forces in World War II.
		The tadpole-shaped island, at the mouth of Manila Bay, was built into a fortified battery after the United States took over the Philippines from Spanish colonizers in the early 1900s.
		However, Corregidor's powerful guns were hardly used during the Japanese invasion because they were oriented toward the South China Sea, to the southwest, while the enemy swept in from Luzon island in the north.
	www.ushmm.org /newsfeed/wlc/viewstory.php?storyid=2747 (492 words)

	Epinions.com - ROCK OF DEFIANCE: CORREGIDOR ISLAND, MANILA BAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The fact that it took the Japanese forces five months to force the surrender of the island it has been argued delayed their plans for advancement and conquest elsewhere in the region as the troops were not immediately available.
		The island was subjected to months of Naval and Air bombardment that literally stripped it of all its vegetation.
		Due to the size of Corregidor and the location of the various sites, the five hour-guided tour is probably the best way to see the island unless you're staying overnight at the hotel.
	www.epinions.com /content_4008878212 (1648 words)

	Explosion at Monkey Point
		The island lay generally east and west in the shape of what was termed a pollywog.
		The middle of the island, which was at sea level, was where the few docks were.
		The 1st Battalion of the 503rd, with the 3d Battalion in reserve, was given the assignment of clearing the enemy that was defending the rest of the island east of Malinta Hill.
	www.thedropzone.org /pacific/Herzig2.html (1833 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| REGIONS > Bataan congressman wants jurisdiction over Corregidor Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 35-year-old congressman said there have been moves to restore Corregidor into Bataan jurisdiction since 1948 and he would like to renew the effort the historic island fortress that is very much nearer Bataan than Cavite.
		Corregidor, which is visible from Camaya Point, can be reached by motorboat from Mariveles in a few minutes.
		The island was scene of heavy fighting when Bataan fell to the Japanese invaders during World War II on April 9, 1942.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/aug/24/yehey/prov/20040824pro11.html (713 words)

	Bataan and Corregidor
		On December 10, Japanese forces landed at Aparri and Vigan on the northern coast of Luzon.
		General Wainwright surrendered the remainder of the American forces on Corregidor and elsewhere in the Philippines on May 6, 1942.
		Fascinating, inspiring stories and details about the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor who were recognized with the Congressional Medal of Honor.
	www.worldwar2history.info /Bataan (487 words)

	The Fall of Corregidor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Army's last radio station in the Philippines in spring 1942, as the Japanese were rapidly taking over the area, was on the island of Corregidor — in Malinta Tunnel under 200 feet of rock.
		The men on Corregidor could also be certain of capture as they struggled to stay operational.
		A week before Corregidor fell, those remaining on the island came up with a destruction plan; the signal officer guessed three hours would be enough to destroy the rest of the communication equipment.
	www.gordon.army.mil /AC/WWII/CORREG.HTM (896 words)

	Echoes of Lost Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Today Corregidor’s beautiful greenery and serenity tends to overwhelm all visitors and one is hard pressed in trying to imagine a panorama of shell-pitted hills and docks.
		The waters directly off the island is another matter, where one can still find bits and pieces of Corregidor’s past, including a coin or two here and there.
		Of all my adventures on Corregidor Island it is the presence of the overwhelming personal and historical events that took place there that remains the most valuable treasure to me.
	corregidor.org /chs_trident/trident_conclusion.htm (359 words)

	Fortress Corregidor now Philippine National Park -- ThingsAsian Article
		You don't have to be a military history buff to enjoy a day-trip to Corregidor; you just need an interest in Filipino and American history, an appreciation of quiet tropical islands, and a desire to escape the smoggy chaos of metro Manila for a day.
		More likely you'll first see the island from the ferry, in which case you'll find that the head of the tadpole is a solid chunk of rock with cliffs that rise to 650 feet.
		Today Corregidor holds great significance for Americans and Filipinos, who consider the island a four-mile long memorial to their joint wartime sacrifice in defense of the Philippines.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.1650.html (1675 words)

	Bradley Rymph: Travel Album: Philippines, Tuguegarao
		In December 1941, immediately after their attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched their attacks on the Philippine Islands, which at the time were in their final stages as a U.S. Commonwealth prior to planned formal independence.
		Outside Malinta Tunnel, and around the island, isolated Americans and Filipinos stationed at 23 batteries containing 45 coastal guns and mortars struggled to defend the island against the endless, months-long barrage of 18,000 shells per 24-hour period.
		PHILIPPINES / Baguio ♦ Banaue ♦ Borocay ♦ Cebu ♦ Corregidor ♦ Mactan ♦ Manila ♦ Pagudpud ♦
	members.aol.com /bbrtravel2/travphil11.htm (591 words)

	TrekEarth \| Corregidor Island Photo
		This is a view from Corregidor Island the biggest island that stands guard at the mouth of Manila Bay.
		Corregidor is not part of any province in the Philippines.
		Corregidor is not a city and is not part of any city.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Philippines/photo201509.htm (303 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Fall of the Philippines [Chapter 29]
		In the belief that the Corregidor garrison might surrender during the course of the operation, 14th Army issued detailed instructions "for the reception of truce-flag bearers." No unit was to receive the bearer of a flag of truce unless he represented the commander of the American and Filipino forces.
		President Roosevelt, "Our flag still flies on this beleaguered island fortress." "I meant to see," he added later, "that it kept flying."[24] All that he or anyone else could do was to prepare for the inevitable attack with the determination to make it as costly as possible to the enemy.
		Corregidor's water supply, because it was dependent upon the power plant, was perhaps the most vulnerable point of Corregidor's defense.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/USA-P-PI-29.html (7059 words)

	HyperWar: History of USMC Operations in WWII, Vol. I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part IV [Chapter 3]
		Corregidor was enveloped in a cloud of smoke, dust, and the continuous roar of bursting shells and bombs.
		There was considerable dissension regarding this order, especially on islands where the Japanese had not made much effort to subdue the Philippine Army troops, but eventually most of the organized units of USFIP came out of the hills to lay down their arms.
		Although it was a defeat, the battle of Corregidor is marked down in the annals of the 4th Marines as a fight to be proud of.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/I/USMC-I-IV-3.html (8993 words)

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