Rock Force - The 503rd PIR in Corregidor
With Kevin Maurer
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Kevin Maurer is the author of several books, including No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden which spent several weeks at #1 on the New York Times best seller list. Kevin has covered the military for more than ten years. In 2003, he followed the 82nd Airborne Division during the initial invasion of Iraq. kevinmaurer.net/
In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, is forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island fortress at the mouth of Manila Bay. Months later, under orders from the president, the general is whisked away in the dark of night, leaving his troops to their fate. It is a bitter pill for a fiercely proud warrior who has always protected his men. He famously declares “I shall return,” but the humiliation of Corregidor haunts him, even earning him the derisive nickname “Dugout Doug.”
In early 1945, MacArthur returns to the Philippines, his eyes firmly fixed on Corregidor. To take back the island, he calls on the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a highly trained veteran airborne unit. Their mission is to jump onto the island-hemmed in by sheer cliffs, pockmarked by bomb craters, bristling with deadly spiky broken tree trunks-and wrest it from some 6,700 Japanese defenders who await, fully armed and ready to fight to the death.
Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted Macarthur's Revenge on Japan by Kevin Maurer
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