See a brief timeline of the American experience during World War II in the Philippines below. Early January: The Japanese occupy Manila. U.S. forces retreat south into the Bataan peninsula.

BALANGA CITY (PIA) — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has paved a 1,280-meter section of a farm-to-market (FMR) road in Mariveles, Bataan. Located in Barangay Alion ... to essential ...

New Japanese warships joined the craft already in Philippine waters. On March 25 the Japanese air force increased its bombing of Bataan along our front and rear areas. The few prisoners caught ...