Corregidor Retaken!

British newsreel about the recapture of Corregidor, February 1945. Paratroopers of the 503rd RCT jump onto the island, supported by an amphibious invasion by elements of the 34th Infantry Regiment.

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News & Politics

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• Corregidor
• Philippines
• 1945
• airborne
• paratroopers
• 503rd
• RCT
• 34th
• infantry
• regiment
• WWII
• WW2
• Pacific
• War

[johnjosephsanjuan]

nice

[flybynite5]

I am proud to say that my old(now deceased) CG,George Jones was the CO of the 503.I got to know him when I was in the Army in the 1960's.Unfortunately,he was an associate/protage of Gen. MacArthur & while he was a Bird Colonel at the operation,he was never promoted beyond Brigadier General after Mac fell out of favor with Truman due to politics.When I knew him,he was CG of the now defunct Yukon Command at Ft Wainwright,Alaska.

[hardknox503]

Hooah! 1-503rd! The Rock!

[herbiephils]

@eww1299 Estupido! My family were members of the guerilla movement. My lolo (grandfather) was killed by Japanese soldiers after being betrayed by a "Makapili". My uncle made sure, when he found out that person's true identity, to gut him like a fish when he met him on the road.

[jphill4]

My father was in the 503d...i still remember the stories he told me when I was a child. He never talked to anyone else about it, but opened up to me for some reason.

[acerb45666555]

if i had been in charge, as soon as i heard a Japanese force of great numbers was approaching, i would have immediately sent out hundreds of Guerilla units to make the Japanes incursion a thing they would have regretted!!..........no way would i take on that superior force in open suicidal battle! my entire fighting force would be invisible in the jungles! no movement in daylight.

[zirocstyle]

eww1299

my grandad also fought in ww2. he joined the guerilla movement. i am very proud of him.

you should be ashamed of your lolo. he should died in the war so that he would never have a grandkid like you. but maybe your lolo is a pussy and you have his genes too.

[dasilog11]

eww1299 kung ayaw mo maging pilipino o kinahihiya mo ang maging pilipino, wag ka na magtagalog o mag-comment d2!! F***k ***!!!!

[09092214584]

eww1299 filipino kaba? you talk shit kasi ehhh about sa filipinos soldiers who died to defend our motherland. how dare you to talk shit kanila na filipino ka naman.... get a life mate

[JapaneseONeill]

My Dad, Francis X. O'Neill, was in the 2nd of the 503rd I company and a veteran of this battle and the jump on "The Rock" . He always told me stories of this time but this brings it all home. My dad died two days ago, 3 Feb 2009. Good Bye FOX, now I understand.