Corrigedor, The Rock Force Assault by Lt.Gen Flanagan: NEW 1988 1st Edition Hardcover

Author: Lt. Gen. E M Flanagan, Jr.

Publisher: Presidio Press

Year published: 1988

Pagination: 331pp, 11maps/plans, 23 photos, biographical data, bibliography, index

Condition: ONS No d/w

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The remarkable airborne operation by the US Army's 503rd Paratroop Regimental Combat Team on Corregidor in February 1945. The objective was to capture the 'impregnable' position from a fanatical Japanese defence. The battle lasted from 16th to 26th, February. Large numbers of Japanese troops drowned while attempting to swim away from the Rock, and many more sealed themselves in numerous subterranean passages of the island. Twenty or so Japanese soldiers did not surrender until 1st January, 1946 as they had been unaware of Japan's defeat in August, 1945.