A communist rebel voluntarily surrendered to authorities in Bagac, Bataan on Wednesday along with his firearm and explosives.

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.

To both sides in the conflict, the four months between the launch of the great Japanese Pacific offensive and the fall of Bataan must have felt like an eternity. For the Americans and Filipinos ...