![American and Filipino troops raise their hands in surrender after emerging from Malinta Tunnel on the island of Corregidor. The victorious Japanese captured thousands of prisoners during the largest mass capitulation of U.S. military personnel in the nation’s history.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/W-Marine-Odyssey-1-HT-crop-760x427.jpg)
WWII History January 2007
WWII Veterans: Donald L. Versaw, From Shanghai to Corregidor
By Eric NiderostDonald L. Versaw joined the U.S. Marine Corps on Armistice Day, November 11, 1939. After basic training and a stint in the Marine Corps Operating Base Band in San Diego, he was sent overseas to join the Fourth Marines Band in Shanghai. Read more