Term: Corregidor
Definition:
An island fortress in Manila Bay (the Philippines) where twenty-two Wisconsin soldiers lost their lives during World War Two defending the islands from the Japanese soldiers.
View pictures of World War, 1939-1945 at Wisconsin Historical Images.
[Source: The History of Wisconsin, v.6: Continuity and change, 1940-1965 (Madison, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1973-1998).]