A former POW camp in the Philippines which was the site of a massacre of U.S. troops has fallen into disrepair.

On Oct. 20, 1944, U.S. general waded into the waters at Leyte as World War II moved toward its final chapters.

On July 16, 1942 United States Army Sgt. Charles E. Young Jr. died in a prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines. Now82 years ...

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.

That’s what we, the friends of her bunso, called her: and because that is what her son called her and how she treated all of ...

Before he left Corregidor in March of 1942, MacArthur divided his command among four subordinates, each located at a different part of the islands. Since each commander would report directly to ...

MacArthur had his entire Army withdraw to the Bataan Peninsula and to Corregidor Island to hold off the enemy until the U.S. Navy could bring reinforcements and supplies. The Philippine Scouts ...

Intense fighting continued in the Philippines until the surrenders of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942. Curran, a member of 17th Pursuit Squadron ...

Henry Roy "Pete" Black Jr. enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 24, 1939, and died exactly five years later in the sinking of the USS ...

Although it seems more characteristic of earlier times, cavalry remained active until the mid-20th century. We’re not ...

MacArthur was derided as “Dugout Doug” for his retreat to Corregidor and subsequent flight from the Philippines, but he was also, we often forget, felt to have been irreplaceable, as the sole ...

General Douglas MacArthur, 1905. Library of Congress. One of the most controversial moments in the controversial life of Douglas MacArthur came in early 1942, when he received $500,000 from the ...