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The Abucay Line 9–23 January 1942. Two separate defensive lines crossed the Bataan peninsula. They were the 8,000 yards (7,300 m) Mauban line held by I Philippine Corps on the west, and the 15,000 yards (14,000 m) Abucay line held by the II Philippine Corps on the east. Wainwright commanded the I Philippine Corps of 22,500 troops.
Japanese breakthrough of the Orion-Bagac Line April 1942. At the start of World War II in 1942 after suffering heavy losses against the Imperial Japanese Army all over Luzon, the Filipino and American soldiers retreated to Bataan Peninsula to regroup for a last valiant but futile stand.
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By 26 January 1942, all USAFFE units had made good their withdrawal to the Orion-Bagac line. The Japanese forces on the other hand, were eager to force a quick conclusion to the battle and pressed on with little respite. Unfortunately for the USAFFE troops, there was still much confusion as to the final disposition of some units along the front.
The two pilots who were aboard a military aircraft when it crashed near Shelter Island in San Diego are in "good condition" and under 24-hour medical observation, U.S. Navy officials said.. The ...
The Orion–Bagac line showing the U.S. positions around 27 January 1942. The 41st Division was then ordered to hold east of Pantingan River in Pilar, Bataan and west of Mount Samat, along the Orion-Bagac Line, making them as the key unit to hold any southern movement of the Japanese forces through Trail 29. The 41st Division gave the stiffest ...
The bodies of all 10 people who died in a crash of a Bering Air caravan in Alaska on Thursday have been recovered from the wreckage, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Bering Air Flight 445 ...
Roman Superhighway is named after Pablo Roman Sr., a former representative of Bataan who is the acknowledged father of the export processing zone in Mariveles known as the Bataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ; now known as Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) since October 23, 2009, with the name was concurrently used with the BEPZ/Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) names as the zone's secondary name when ...