On May 6, 1942, in the early months of World War II, the American flag was hauled down on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. The surrender marked the end to five months of bitter fighting ...

(Tribune News Service) — It’s time for another try at the gold. Several members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation plan to renew a push to confer a collective Congressional Gold Medal on ...

WASHINGTON, May 5, 1942 (UP) -- Japanese landing parties are storming Corregidor fortress in a supreme bid to capture the rock-hewn citadel which bars them from Manila bay, the War department ...

Just hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, some 1,800 soldiers assigned to New Mexico’s 200th Coast Artillery Regiment in the Philippines were among the first to defend the ...

Hospital Ruins—lodging place of Jabidah Massacre victims. When one mentions Corregidor, what comes to mind is the heroic defense of the 11,000 Fil-American troops on the island against the Japanese ...

Many who knew her were aware that the youngest daughter of President Manuel L. Quezon, Zeneida Quezon Avancena, was a commanding presence wherever she was, although always softspoken and dignified.