Roosevelt signed a bill that made the Philippines a commonwealth until 1946, when it would become fully independent. Quezon was elected president of the new commonwealth. World War II interrupted ...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO in February, 100,000 people died as the city of Manila burned. For 30 days, the Philippine capital was caught up in a clash between the Japanese and American armed forces in a bloody, ...

Binondo is the center of activities in Manila during the annual Chinese New Year celebrations where thousands gather for the ...

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 ...

At the end of the 19th century, it claimed the Philippines as a colony and fought a guerilla war against Filipino rebels. The ensuing history of the Philippines -- its shaky democracy, its armed ...

hidden Virginia History: The Connection between the Buffalo Soldiers and the Philippines will be on display until May 15 ... Army Air Corps and helped to establish the Tuskegee Airmen who flew and ...

Photo courtesy of the Missouri History Museum. The Japanese invasion of the Philippines was the first action of World War II in which units of the U.S. Army faced the enemy on the ground.