The US Army's defense of its Philippines colony and allied Malay countries relied on island fortresses like Corregidor, but it fell to Japanese forces on May 6, 1942. Colonel Joseph Madden organized a guerrilla resistance with native Filipinos, appealing to Captain Andrés Bonifácio, grandson of legendary freedom fighter Andres Bonifácio, to inspire the fight against the Japanese occupiers.
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During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in 1942, Colonel Joseph Madden, a U.S. Army officer, remains behind to establish a local resistance movement against the invaders.
