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

But he never saw, or felt, or even imagined the sort of things that happened after he was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. Beaten, kicked, unspeakably abused ...

A United States Army, most of it composed of half-trained Filipinos, last week fought the first great U.S. battle of World War II. The U.S ... But unless the Philippines could get help from ...

See a brief timeline of the American experience during World War II in the Philippines below. Early January: The Japanese occupy Manila. U.S. forces retreat south into the Bataan peninsula.

Her first novel, When the Elephants Dance, is inspired in part by her father's experiences growing up in the Philippines during World War II. The novel recounts supernatural tales based on indigenous ...

Elmer Alexanderson of Norway celebrated his 102nd birthday Thursday at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center. Alexanderson ...

Nadeau had been stationed aboard a Landing Craft Support ship in the Lingayen Gulf, Philippines ... who served during World War II. He was among the dwindling number of veterans who witnessed ...