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1942.05.07 “Records of the Heroes” By Ralph Lee

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Title:	1942.05.07 “Records of the Heroes” By Ralph Lee
Artist:	Ralph Lee (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
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1942.05.07 “Records of the Heroes”
By Ralph Lee (1906-1947)
14 x 22 in., ink on board

Ralph Lee was an editorial cartoonist for the Portland Oregonian. He died suddenly, at 41, in January 1947. His cousin, Art Bimrose, was the editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian for more than three decades. In 1937, the Oregonian hired him part-time to work on printing plates. Following Lee’s death, Bimrose was hired as the Sunday editorial cartoonist.

The Fall of the Philippines – Bataan and Corregidor

The Philippines had been the outlying US Army command in the Pacific for many years. In the summer of 1941 increasing tension between Japan and the United States caused the War Department to set up a new command for the specific purpose of organizing the defense of the Philippines. This command, activated on July 26, 1941, was led by General Douglas MacArthur, brought out of his 1937 retirement, placed on active duty, and designated as the commanding general.

At the time of Pearl Harbor, just months later, the Japanese struck before the Philippine Army could be completely trained or properly equipped. We sometimes forget that the December 7 attack was followed directly by an air attack on the Philippines on December 8, 1941 seriously crippled elements of the American air forces stationed in the islands and damaged naval installations.

Between December 8-25, the Japanese successfully carried out numerous landings throughout the Philippines; Manila was evacuated on December 25th. The Bataan peninsula sits at the entry to Manila Bay, directly on the path to the city, with the island fortress of Corregidor sitting right in the middle of the inlet entry.

On March 12, 1942, upon direct orders of the President, MacArthur, his family, and members of his staff were evacuated from Corregidor. Two months later, on May 6, the day commemorated here, Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese and went into the history books. All US vessels had been scuttled, destroyed, or lost. Most Navy personnel became Japanese prisoners of war. However, some were able to escape and join guerrilla groups. Some even reached Australia, a month later, after enduring the open sea in a motor launch.

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