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World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
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1939–1945 global conflict
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Corregidor
Island in the Philippines
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Battle of Corregidor
1942 battle of World War II, during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines
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