On August 20, 1945, U.S. General Jonathan Wainwright, who commanded American and Filipino forces in the last days of Corregidor and Bataan in 1942, was found alive in a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria.Wainright took over the desperate defense of the Philippines in March 1942 after Douglas MacArthur's departure. In April, General Wainwright began evacuating as many troops as possible to Corregidor, a small but heavily fortified island in Manila Bay. Despite his efforts, 12,000 American and 63,000 Filipino troops were trapped at Bataan on Luzon. Lacking food, supplies, and support, Corregidor's 15,000 American and Filipino defenders kept up a stubborn resistance against massive assaults by Japan's combined armed forces. Finally, on May 6, General Wainwright surrendered his exhausted and starving forces. Most of the Americans and Filipinos captured by the Japanese perished because of maltreatment, and it was feared that General Wainwright was among the many dead. He survived,...