Roosevelt signed a bill that made the Philippines a commonwealth until 1946, when it would become fully independent. Quezon was elected president of the new commonwealth. World War II interrupted ...
The burial service for PVT. Robert Lee Hurst, 1921-1942, is seen at the the Winter Beach Cemetery on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Vero Beach. PVT. Hurst died in the Philippines during World War II ...
The United States knows this as well as anyone. At the end of the 19th century, it claimed the Philippines as a colony and fought a guerilla war against Filipino rebels. The ensuing history of the ...