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Cor·reg·i·dor

(kə-rĕg′ĭ-dôr′, kôr-rĕ′hē-dôr′)

A island of the northern Philippines at the entrance to Manila Bay. After a prolonged siege and bombardment, Filipino and US troops surrendered the fortified island to Japan in May 1942. US paratroopers recaptured it in March 1945.

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Corregidor

(kəˈrɛɡɪˌdɔː)

(Placename) an island at the entrance to Manila Bay, in the Philippines: site of the defeat of American forces by the Japanese (1942) in World War II

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Cor•reg•i•dor

(kəˈrɛg ɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr)

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an island in Manila Bay, in the Philippines: U.S. forces defeated by the Japanese in May, 1942. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).

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Corregidor - the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945

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Philippine Navy vessel Rajah Humabon rendered customary meeting procedures on the Saif off Corregidor Island. The goodwill visit will include a series of confidence-building engagements between Philippine and Pakistan Navy personnel.

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The plan was to transform the site of the massacre, an otherwise abandoned grassy and bushy piece of land on the eastern tail end of Corregidor Island into a beautifully designed memorial to the victims of this tragic event.

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forces surrendered in the province of Bataan and Corregidor Island in April 1942.

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stronghold on Corregidor Island at the entrance to Manila Bay.

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After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he was captured on Corregidor Island and was held captive at Bilibid Prison for 33 months.

Obituaries

- 2003: the wooden-hulled merchant launch San Nicolas, that was carrying 203 passengers, collided with a ferry off the coast of Corregidor Island during torrential rain and near zero visibility.