Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942

found: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Texas Tech Univ., S.W. Coll. (Lubbock) for Dyess, W.E. Papers, 1916-1975(Battle of Bataan)

found: The Simon and Schuster encyc. of World War II, c1978:p. 51, etc. (on Christmas Eve, 1941, Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered American forces to withdraw to Bataan; fierce Japanese assaults, led by Gen. Masaharu Homma, began on Jan. 9 and forced American and Japanese troops to retreat, but at great cost in Japanese lives; though MacArthur believed his armies could hold Bataan until May, the 100,000 defenders were cut off from reinforcements and weakened by short rations; Gen. Homma renewed his attack with reinforcements on Apr. 3, 1942, and within the week Bataan surrendered)

found: Almanac of World War II, 1981:p. 142 (9 January 1942 : Philippines : the first period of Japanese attacks on Bataan begins)