FDR: “But this whole nation pays tribute to the Filipino and American officers and men who held out so long on Bataan…”

“But this whole nation pays tribute to the Filipino and American officers and men who held out so long on Bataan Peninsula, to those grim and gallant fighters who still hold Corregidor, where the flag flies, and to the forces that are still striking effectively at the enemy on Mindanao and other islands.”