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Researched account of the 4th Marine Regiment and the defense of Corregidor.

Howell is an ex-US Marine who spent ten years on Corregidor after retirement as curator of the Pacific War Museum on the island, and was able to interview veterans and…

Personal account of a “China Marine” – a marine with the 4th Marine Regiment, which was transferred from China to Subic just before the war started. During the Japanese onslaught, the regiment – and Sheya – were placed on beach defense in Corregidor…

Personal account by a US Marine who joined the corps in 1939. Assigned to the 4th Marine Regiment in China, he writes about his assignment to China, the movement of the 4th Marines to Olongapo just prior to the outbreak of war, and duty on Corregidor…

Brief but solid account of the US Marines in the Bataan and Corregidor campaign. The Fourth Marine Regiment and its operations in the Philippines in 1941-1942. The regiment had been stationed in Shanghai since the 1920s, but was ordered to the…

Haney joined the US Marines in 1938, in search of a different life; he was underage and lied about his age to get in. He was sent to China and became part of the “China Marines” – the 4th Marine Regiment. This regiment was sent to the Philippines on…