Japan Probes WWII Soldiers in Philippines
Clark has been memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for, the DPAA said. He is among an increasing number of POWs whose remains have been identif...
The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday. Pvt. 1st Class Marcus A. Engesser, 21, of Val...
"These overseas Chinese martyrs are not only the pride of China, but also the historical witness of the friendship between China and the Philippines," said Tan. After Japan invaded the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941, the Chinese people who lived in the Philippines organized guerrilla warfare, cal...
The interviews, conducted by historian Tom Gibbs, covered Hart’s experiences as a child during the war while his family was held in a Japanese civilian incarceration camp in the Philippines. Now Museum Project Manager, Gibbs recalled meeting Hart for the first time in this post for the Museum...
Episode 7: Striking Distance American forces storm the Philippines while Shelby Westbrook is shot down over Europe. Jack Yusen battles the dangers of the
The code indicates that the leaflet was produced by General Walter Krueger’s United States 6th Army in the Philippines. The leaflet was prepared on 20 September 1944. The Philippine invasion occurred the following month. The back is all text. The leaflet data sheet says: “CUT OFF” ...
In July 1944, only a month after the Turkey Shoot, Air Group 261 was disbanded and what remained of its personnel was reassigned to Air Group 201, yet another prestigious land-based fighter unit operating out of the Philippines. Surviving the First Kamikaze Unit...
Lester Tenney, then 21 years old and married for only two months, landed in the Philippines in late November 1941. He had joined the National Guard in 1940. "I knew that the United States was going to have a draft, so I voluntarily entered the service," he recalled. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A video production company is promoting its World War II documentary, "Rescue in the Philippines," with a Capitol Hill screening that includes a donation of used prosthetic limbs to the typhoon-battered nation. The event Tuesday is a joint effort of 3 Roads Communications ...