Corregidor

"For years, Corregidor Island seemed to be perceived solely as a popular historical site, with its idyllic features unknown to many," CFI Chairperson and CEO Cynthia Carrion said.

"However, even with its immense historical value, Corregidor Island needs substantial upgrading before it can be marketed with the slogan, 'It's more fun in Corregidor island," COA noted.

(12) Lynch avoided the so-called Bataan Death March, as he was on Corregidor; the Bataan Death March had occurred a month earlier, on 9 April 1942.

For reasons that remain unclear, it was moved weeks later to Corregidor Island in the mouth of Manila Bay, over a thousand kilometres to the north.

As Japanese troops landed nearby, two seaplanes returning from Corregidor stopped to refuel, one of them hitting a submerged rock on take-off.

The fortress on Corregidor, sometimes called "The Rock," located at the bottom of the Bataan peninsula, held on for nearly a month longer.

WHERE is the island of Corregidor? WHEN did the author Edgar Rice Burroughs die?

Over a 3-year period, Captain Strong supervised crews of laborers, mostly native Filipinos, as they blasted away at The Rock, as the island of Corregidor was known.