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13 results for BATAAN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Nov 11, 2021	31A	Philippines battle site of W.W. II	Mark MacLachlan	Shortz
Sat Mar 10, 2012	3D	1942 invasion site	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Thu May 27, 2010	7D	1942 Philippines fighting locale	Josh Knapp	Shortz
Wed Nov 9, 2005	40A	Philippine locale in W.W. II	Ed Early	Shortz
Tue Apr 5, 2005	8D	Philippine peninsula	Harvey Estes	Shortz
Sun Sep 5, 2004	50A	Where Douglas MacArthur returned, famously	Patrick Merrell	Shortz
Sat Sep 7, 2002	25D	W.W. II battle site, 1942	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sun Nov 26, 2000	41A	1942 surrender site	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Thu Jul 6, 2000	33D	Historic 1942 surrender site	Patrick Berry	Shortz
Sat Sep 6, 1997	45D	1943 Robert Taylor film	Rich Norris	Shortz
Tue May 6, 1997	30A	W.W. II Philippine battle site	Brendan Emmett Quigley	Shortz
Sun Oct 27, 1996	114D	Wayne film "Back to ___"	N. N. Joline	Shortz
Fri Dec 8, 1995	26A	Site of Gen. Wainwright's stand	Frances Hansen	Shortz

1 result for BATAAN from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Jun 27, 2004	Acrostic	R	Philippine peninsula lost and rewon by the U.S. in W.W. II	Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon	Shortz

20 results for BATAAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Aug 26, 1993	22A	MacArthur battle site	Mark Blakeburn	Maleska
Mon Jun 17, 1991	28A	"Men on ___," book by 47 Across	Eugene T. Maleska	Maleska
Thu Dec 9, 1976	6D	Luzon peninsula	Evelyn B. Rosenthal	Weng
Fri Nov 12, 1976	5D	Site of W.W. II action	Hugh McElroy	Weng
Sat Oct 27, 1973	44D	Corregidor's neighbor	Unknown	Weng
Sun Mar 28, 1971	96D	P. I. peninsula	H. Hastings Reddall	Weng
Tue Jan 9, 1968	10D	Peninsula W of Manila Bay.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat Aug 6, 1966	10A	Historic peninsula of Luzon.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jun 13, 1963	46D	Philippine peninsula.	Unknown	Farrar
Wed Apr 17, 1963	26A	Part of Luzon.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Aug 3, 1961	39A	Luzon province.	Unknown	Farrar
Sat May 19, 1956	1A	Historic place on Manila Bay.	J. F. Kelly	Farrar
Fri May 2, 1952	24D	Scene of Gen. Wainwright's surrender.	Unknown	Farrar
Tue Feb 26, 1952	49D	Where Wainwright surrendered, April 9, 1943.	S. A. Kay	Farrar
Sun Apr 24, 1949	67D	April 9, 1942.	Hilda E. Allen	Farrar
Sun Mar 18, 1945	1D	Where no living Japs are.	L. K. Peters	Farrar
Sun Apr 30, 1944	1A	April 9, 1942.	Alexis P. Boodberg	Farrar
Sun Apr 18, 1943	15D	Place of outstanding American heroism.	J. C. Doesburg	Farrar
Sun May 17, 1942	12D	Place of outstanding American heroism.	Louis Jenkins	Farrar
Sun May 10, 1942	146A	Peninsula.	Louis Shields	Farrar

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