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The Last Charge and The Battle of the Points: Jan-Feb 1942 on Bataan

Unauthorized History of the Pacific War · Seth Paridon, Bill Toti · 1h41m
former chief historian, National WWII Museum
World War IITactics & BattlesLeadership & Command
Pick · Edition 2026-07-24

Paridon and Parshall dig into I Corps operations on western Bataan in January 1942 — the 26th Cavalry's last horse charge at Morong and the desperate fighting at the Points, where Japanese infiltration attempts along the coast created a series of brutal small-unit engagements. At 1 hour 40 minutes, this is the kind of granular tactical coverage the Bataan campaign rarely gets. The discussion of Wainwright's tactical dilemmas with an exhausted, under-supplied force is particularly well handled.

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