Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Na tuuina atu e le Taʻitaʻiʻau Sili o Douglas MacArthur i le ʻAu a le Taʻitaʻiʻau Sili o Walter Krueger, le tofiga e faatoʻilaloina Bataan, ma mulimuli ane o Corregidor. O le Vaega 11 a le US, na faatoʻā māeʻa ona tau i le Taua i Leyte
I lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a Major General Charles P. Hall, na faateleina ai le vaegaʻau lona ono. O le Vaega a le XI o le 38th Infantry Division na taʻitaʻia e le Major General Henry L.C. Jones ma le Kolone Aubrey "Red" S. Newman's 34th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, sa tatau ona tulaueleele i le talafatai o Zambales e tusa ma le luasefulu-lima maila (40 km) i matu sisifo o Bataan, faʻavave vave i sasaʻe i le pito i lalo o le peninsula, ona faʻasolo atu lea i saute, faʻamamaina Bataan, e aofia ai lona talafatai i sasaʻe.