Monthly Archive:: January 2015
Pacific Wars
The Imam bathed his body : three times facing east, three times facing west, and three times on his back. Dirt would be removed from the anus and
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was the first Filipino Soldier to have received the Medal of Honor during WW II. Jose was born on December 29, 1907 in Barangay Tagsing, Leon, Iloilo Philippines.
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Havildar Lachhiman Gurung, VC. There is a legend told in the Himalayan foothills village of Dahakhani of how a father sent out his son to buy some cigarettes
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Lt. Lloyd Magill and the AUROΓA On December 1, 1941 Carl Mydans took a series of photograph of the 194th Tank Battalion and of
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The Ponson Massacre
Little Heart and ‘Tucky Jo Johnnie Wallen was a mountain boy from Kentucky who convinced his parents to lie about his age so that he could join the
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During the war, many less well-known Americans and Filipinos resisted the enemy, but either they did not survive the war, or they left no records, or they simply
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Military Collectibles & Novelties
“Barit” the Sniper rifle of the MORO warriors in Mindanao By: Kerwin Salvador P. Caragos The Browning M2 .50 caliber (12.7mm) Machine Gun has long been the heavy machine
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Paulino Torres Santos (June 22, 1890 – August 29, 1945) Gen. Santos was born in Camiling Tarlac to Remigio Santos and Rosa Torres. After his Spanish education from
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A young Filipino boy, Juan Castillo, waits at an American field hospital for treatment of a severe slash wound to the side of his head inflicted on him by
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The Ponson Massacre
With the recent deaths of the Police Special Action Force in Maguindanao, a popular phrase among the Christian settlers in Mindanao was that “the only good Moro is
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