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U.S. forces continue the bitter fight for Bataan
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U.S. forces continue the bitter fight for Bataan

11th March 1942: The gradual retreat down the Bataan Peninsula continues as General MacArthur leaves the Philippines

Mar 11
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An American soldier stands in his foxhole on Bataan peninsula, waiting to hurl a flaming bottle bomb at a Japanese tank.

In the Philippines the pre war plan in the event of an invasion had been to retreat to the Bataan peninsula of Luzon and hold out until a relief force arrived. The U.S. and Philippine troops who did move to the peninsula had been on h…

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