https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38574400/
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Dark Matter
S2.E4
Stars, Hide Your Fires
Episode aired Sep 18, 2026
The Washington Post
Corregidor and the Remembrances of War
By Gregg Jones
On the night of March 12, 1942, MacArthur, his family and some staff officers made their way to Corregidor's dock and boarded four PT boats. MacArthur, under direct orders from President Roosevelt, made his way to Darwin, Australia, where he issued his famous pledge, "I shall return."
MacArthur had designated Gen. Jonathan Wainwright as commander of Corregidor and left him with two jars of shaving cream, a box of cigars and the words, "If I get to Australia you know I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold."
But Corregidor and the peninsula were taking a pounding from Japanese bombers and shore guns. When the defenders on Bataan surrendered on April 9, 1942, the Japanese expected Corregidor to follow because the island relied on daily provision barges from the peninsula.
For 27 days, a devastating rain of shells pounded much of the island into rubble. Most of the 10,000 defenders crammed into the overcrowded, fetid Malinta Tunnel. One by one, the American guns were put out of action. A quarter of the 4,000 troops assigned to defend the beaches were killed or wounded by the shelling.
Finally, Wainwright cabled Roosevelt: "With broken heart and head bowed in sadness but not in shame . . . I must arrange terms for the surrender . . . There is a limit of human endurance and that limit has long been passed." On May 6, 1942, Corregidor surrendered.
https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/macbeth/read/1/4/
Macbeth - Act 1, scene 4
MACBETH, aside
The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step
On which I must fall down or else o’erleap,
For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be
Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 01:32 AM Pacific-timezone USA Friday 09/18/2026
