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 ...

Binondo is the center of activities in Manila during the annual Chinese New Year celebrations where thousands gather for the ...

The Philippines’ Espionage Act, enacted in June 1941, punishes spying and other offences against national security. But the ...

Memorial and interment service for Pvt. Robert Lee Hurst held 82 years after his death in the Philippines during WWII.

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 ...

World War II was America’s deadliest conflict in ... who died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in the the Philippines during World War II ...

Nadeau had been stationed aboard a Landing Craft Support ship in the Lingayen Gulf, Philippines ... who served during World War II. He was among the dwindling number of veterans who witnessed ...

Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...