Philippines Campaign 1941-1942/battle of Corregidor

Famous quotes containing the words campaign and/or battle:

    “The winter is to a woman of fashion what, of yore, a campaign was to the soldiers of the Empire.”
    —HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    “The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 9:11.