Tag Archives: Corregidor

Lessons for 2020 from POWs and Sieges

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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Primary Sources: Thoughts and Favorites

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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Civil War Echoes: Manila Bay 1898

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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The Historic Harbors

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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Civil War Echoes: Manila 1941

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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Civil War Echoes: Philippine Scouts

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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The Fall of Cities – Some Reflections

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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Civil War Echoes: General Wainwright and Corregidor

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Chris Kolakowski

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 →

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