Feb. 3, 1945, the battle for the capital of the Philippines began between Allied Forces and Imperial Japan. The 1st Cavalry ...

While the February 5 observance had become a local tradition, veterans and historians have worked to correct the record in order to give the appropriate recognition to the soldiers and residents who ...

The destroyer was wrecked during a battle off Samar Island Oct. 25, 1944, when US forces were attempting to liberate the Philippines, then a US colony, from Japanese occupation. “Lying at 6,895 ...

5, 2024. (Mainichi/Tamiko Kobayashi) CHIBA -- A message of friendship apparently sent to an Imperial Japanese Army lieutenant who served in the Philippines during World War II from a Filipino ...