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The U.S. Marine Corps is participating in a joint exercise with the Kansas National Guard named Exercise Gunslinger 22.

In a forgotten moment of history, over ten thousand U.S. soldiers publicly surrendered to Japanese forces in the Philippines.

Cruelty: Not Every American Effort in the Pacific Was Victorious The fall of Corregidor forces us to ask a tough question: what went wrong? The answer is pretty much everything. Here's What You Need To Remember: And then there was silence. “Tell Joe, wherever he is, to give ’em hell for us,” said the radio signal. “My love to you all. God bless you and keep you. Sign my name, and tell mother how you heard from me. Stand by.” And then there was silence. On the morning of May 6, 1942, U.S. Army Sgt. Irving Strobing sent the last message—to America, his family and his brother Joe�...

The Bataan troops fought bravely and inflicted heavy losses. But unless the U.S. Navy could instantly resurrect the sunken battleships at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines were doomed.

Failure at Philippines: How 12,000 U.S. Soldiers Surrendered to Japan Under the cameras of Japanese photographers and the contemptuous glare of Japanese officers, Gen. Jonathan Wainwright surrendered the last of the U.S. garrison in the Philippines. Here's What You Need To Remember: Nonetheless, the Bataan troops fought bravely and inflicted heavy losses. But unless the U.S. Navy could instantly resurrect the sunken battleships at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines were doomed. Backed by heavy air support, the Japanese eventually broke through the lines of starving and ill defenders. “Tell Joe,...