Browse Items (14 total)
- Tags: Soldiers
Sort by:
The fight against Ho Chi Minh goes on
Top photograph: French officers holding maneuvers in Vietnamese rice paddies in 1939; bottom photograph: troops and U.S. supplied helicopters in Vietnam in 1964
Tags: American, French, Rice Paddies, Soldiers, vietnam war
Liberation of France
A newsreel clip depicting the liberation of France and how the American forces came in to help.
Tags: France, Liberation, newsreel, Soldiers, World War II
Captivation by Music
Soldiers aboard a ship to Normandy in 1944 listen to a phonograph.
Tags: Music, Phonograph, Soldiers
Filipino Survivors Tell of Slaughter
This article reveals the devastations of the Bataan Death March from the Filipino perspective. Survivors testify in trial against General Homma, leader of the Japanese forces and responsible for the death of those on the march.
The Philippines Await their D-Day
This article is from the perspective of a Filipino general and describes the sacrifices made by Filipino forces since the surrender of American soldiers in 1942. General Romulo argues the Filipino's effort awaits the arrival of more American forces…
The Killer of Bataan
This article describes the Japanese official responsible for the Bataan Death March. General Tomoyuki Yamashita took over command from Lieutenant General Homma and is presumed to be responsible for the attack on Bataan and the death march that…
Bataan Torturers Trapped on Leyte
This article describes MacArthur's determination to revenge American forces and Filipino guerrilla's who died and fought during the Battle of Bataan in the spring of 1942. MacArthur targeted the Japanese soldiers who were responsible for the deaths…
50,000 Taken Prisoner
This serves as an official casualty report of those who died in Bataan both American and Filipino, male and female. This report was provided in 1944 so information of those who were killed before and after the surrender of Bataan forces did not come…
The Underlying Spirit of Bataan
President Quezon describes the fighting spirit of the Filipinos who are still fighting against the Japanese forces. The image of the "Fighting Filipinos" depicts a warrior continually waving the banner for freedom against Japan.