World War II Archive
Pacific Wars
Ursula Violet Graham Bower – Betts MBE (15 May 1914 – 12 November 1988), was one of the pioneer anthropologist in the Naga Hills between 1937–1946. She was Born in
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Pacific Wars
The Pantingan River Massacre happened during the Bataan Death March. Hundreds of Filipino soldiers who surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army, most of whom belonged to the Philippine
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Cagayan de Oro
HEROES DE CAGAYAN: MAJ. JOSE MANUEL CORRALES MONTALVAN by MIKE BANOS Few Kagay-anons today are aware that the first camp commander of the Philippine Army’s biggest military camp
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Cagayan de Oro
Filomeno “Dodong” Avanceña Bautista Jr. was 14 and a second year high school student when the war broke out between Japan and the United States on Dec. 8,
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Pacific Wars
Margaret Elizabeth Doolin Utinsky (August 26, 1900–August 30, 1970) was an American wife who worked with the Filipino Resistance Movement to provide medicine, food, and money to aid
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Cagayan de Oro
Father Tommy Rocks was a Jesuit Priest and the Prefect of Discipline of Ateneo de Cagayan High School and a member of the Ateneo college faculty. When the
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Pacific Wars
Claire Phillips a.k.a Clara Fuentes or High Pockets Claire Phillips (December 2, 1908 – May 22, 1960), also known as Clara Fuentes or High Pockets, was an American
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Cagayan de Oro
Bayoneting POW’s and Civilians has long been practiced by the Imperial Japanese Army. Here, a prisoner of war is propped up and used as “target” practice for Japanese
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Pacific Wars
Lt Cesar Fernando Basa (June 21, 1915 – December 12, 1941) Cesar F. Basa was born in Isabela , Negros Occidental on June 21,1915. His parents were Fernando
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Pacific Wars
President Serge Osmeña wearing a Sun Helmet seated next to Gen. MacArthur on his return to the Philippines. October 1944 (Left to right: Lieutenant General George Kenney, Lieutenant
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