This episode continues our discussion in the Philippines. Most of the 4th Marines were positioned on Corregidor, a small, tadpole-shaped island in the mouth of Manila Bay. Japan's domination of air and sea cut off food and supplies to the peninsula's defenders. By April 1942, many troops had lost as much as a third of their body weight.
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Sixth Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner
To the Philippines covering the Fiscal Year July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942