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The [[Corregidor#Pacific War Memorial|Pacific War Memorial]] was built on Corregidor in memory of the American and Filipino soldiers who died. The bridge in [[Chicago]] where State Street crosses the [[Chicago River]] is named the 'Bataan–Corregidor Memorial Bridge'. The bridge over the [[Farmington River]] on [[Connecticut Route 185]] in [[Simsbury, Connecticut]] was renamed the "Bataan Corregidor Memorial Bridge." Connecticut State Senator [[Kevin Witkos]] hosted the dedication ceremony on Saturday, December 7, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://patch.com/connecticut/simsbury/bataan-corregidor-bridge-dedication-route-185 |title=Bataan Corregidor Bridge Dedication, Route 185 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 10, 2013 |website=Simsbury Patch |access-date=June 11, 2018}}</ref>

The following year, E. E. McQuillen, Executive Secretary of Texas A&M's alumni association, [[The Association of Former Students]], renamed the school's 21 April event [[Muster (Texas A&M University)|Aggie Muster]] in response to the Corregidor Muster. It was then that began to evolve into how it is known today, when students and alumni also honor fellow Aggies who have died.<ref name="Emerald">{{cite web |url = http://clubs.aggienetwork.com/emeraldcoastamc/muster.htm |title = Aggie Muster |accessdate = 2006-12-17 |publisher = Emerald Coast A&M Club |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001229/http://clubs.aggienetwork.com/emeraldcoastamc/muster.htm |archivedate = 2007-09-27 }}</ref> Dr. John Ashton of A&M's class of 1906 also wrote a poem in 1943 at McQuillen's request. Entitled "The Heroes' Roll Call", also known as the "Roll Call for the Absent", it also commemorates the 1942 Muster and is designed so that the number of years since 1942 can be inserted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call for the Absent (The Heroes' Roll Call) |url=https://www.aggienetwork.com/muster/song_rollcall.aspx |publisher=The Association of Former Students |access-date=2 September 2024}}</ref>

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