returned to the islands Feb. 18 for a week of events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Manila. They departed Monday. Both veterans joined an anniversary ceremony at Manila ...
The reclusive only child of five-star Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur made a rare public statement Saturday to honor the Americans and Filipinos who fought to liberate the Philippines from Japanese ...
He fought in the Philippines as a private first class with the 11th Airborne Division, seeing intense action across the islands of Leyte and Luzon, and in the climactic Battle of Manila.
In their analysis, a trio of British historians have likened the Battle for Manila to "a Greek tragedy, with the main actors drawn inexorably toward a bloody climax by forces largely outside their ...
(Kyodo) MANILA (Kyodo) -- Commemorative events were held Saturday in the Philippine capital for the Battle of Manila, a turning point in World War II 80 years ago that left around 100,000 ...
The heavily armed US Navy warship helped win a decisive victory in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. Commodore George Dewey, who later became a renowned admiral ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the Philippines will always choose the path of peace as he led the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the ...