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Tag Archives: Corregidor
Lessons for 2021 from POWs and Sieges
Last October I looked at how the broadly-parallel experiences of prisoners of war and besieged forces could provide perspectives on the coronavirus situation. Now, as 2020 turns into 2021, I again looked at these situations to see if there are … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Memory, Sieges, Ties to the War
Tagged Bastogne, Bataan, Corregidor, Knoxville, prisoners of war, Siege of Knoxville, World War II
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Lessons for 2020 from POWs and Sieges
Being captured in battle can be a dramatic and traumatic experience. Instantly you are cut off from what was familiar and definite, and cast into a situation unfamiliar, out of your control, and with a most indefinite future. The same … Continue reading
Posted in Primary Sources, Sieges, Ties to the War
Tagged Chinese Gordon, Corregidor, James Stockdale, Java, Khartoum, Leningrad, prisoners of war, Vietnam War, Wladyslaw Anders, World War II
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Primary Sources: Thoughts and Favorites
A primary source is defined as one produced by an eyewitness to an event offering their recollections. Some primary sources provide just basic facts with limited additional details. Other sources, like battle reports, provide more details but often offer little … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Primary Sources, Trans-Mississippi, Western Theater
Tagged Bataan, Burma, Corregidor, General Grant, Grant's Memoirs, John T. Wilder, Manila, Marcus Toney, Munfordville, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Primary Sources, primary-sources-19, Simon Buckner, Wilbur Fisk, William Slim
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Civil War Echoes: Manila Bay 1898
Today in 1898, 120 years ago, the Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey entered Manila Bay seeking to destroy the Spanish flotilla anchored inside near Cavite. Dewey’s ships sailed past Corregidor, an island that would mean much more in U.S. … Continue reading
The Historic Harbors
A couple of weeks ago I attended a leadership retreat where a speaker touted the longtime importance of Hampton Roads as a harbor and host to very important events in American history. This got me thinking: what are the most … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Battlefields & Historic Places, Economics, Navies, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Charleston Harbor, Corregidor, CSS Shenandoah, CSS Virginia, Ellis Island, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, George Dewey, Hampton Roads, Hawaii, Japan, Liverpool, Manila, New York City, New York Harbor, Normandy, Operation Torch, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Portsmouth, Statue of Liberty, Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, U.S. Navy, USS Monitor, World War I, World War II
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Civil War Echoes: Manila 1941
75 years ago today, Douglas MacArthur ordered the evacuation of Manila. Over the next week, a massive movement of personnel and supplies occurred from the Philippine capital to Bataan and Corregidor. Japanese forces entered Manila on January 2, 1942. There … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Preservation, Ties to the War, Western Theater
Tagged 24th Wisconsin, Arthur MacArthur, Bataan, Civil War Echoes, Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur, Edward King, Lafayette McLaws, Last Stand on Bataan, Manila, Philippines, Richmond, Richmond Virginia, World War II
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Civil War Echoes: Philippine Scouts
As many of you know, I’ve been working on a book about Bataan and Corregidor (it went to the publisher today). I’ve blogged and spoken about several Civil War connections to those battles and their participants. Here’s one I just … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Battle of Chickamauga, Corregidor, George Thomas, Philippine Scouts, Philippines, Rock of Chickamauga, USCT, World War II
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The Fall of Cities – Some Reflections
As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the Bataan-Corregidor campaign of 1941-42, which culminated in the largest surrender in American military history. I’m to the point now where I’m finishing the section about the evacuation of Manila … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Sesquicentennial, Ties to the War
Tagged Bataan, Charleston, Columbia, Corregidor, Douglas MacArthur, Manila, Paris, Richmond, Saigon, Singapore, Warsaw, Washington, World War II
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Civil War Echoes: General Wainwright and Corregidor
Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright broadcasts a surrender announcement in Manila, May 7, 1942. May 6 also marks the second day of another landmark American battle: the battle and surrender of American forces on Corregidor. Japanese forces landed on the island … Continue reading
