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Filipino Workers Launch 'Bomber for Bataan' Fund
Filipino-Americans raise funds to purchase a bomber for the US Military that will participate in the Pacific Theater
Filipinos Protesting Legislation Amending Grant of Independence
This article describes Filipino opposition to American presence in the Philippines following the island's independence. The current legislation allows the United States government the right to retain property after the independence date. Filipino…
Filipinos Uneasy on Independence
This describes the Filipino arguments either for or against independence. The devastation of the Pacific War on the environment of the Philippines leaves this potentially new nation increasingly vulnerable so some political leaders begin to question…
Freedom, Little Else, for the Philippines
Before official independence was granted to the Philippines, World War II had devastated the island and leaving its inhabitants in a difficult position to rehabilitate their nation. This article describes US efforts to aid the new nation of the…
Guerrillas Check Foe in Philippines
Describes Filipino soldiers trying to get information to the United States about Japanese movements in the Philippines
How we can win, but still lose in the orient
This article was written by Resident Commissioner Colonel Carlos P. Romulo describing the state of other areas of the orient after the war if the United States wins.
Hull, Quezon Mark Corregidor Fall
President Quezon of the Philippines writes to a father of a fallen soldier of the Battle of Bataan. Quezon also glorifies the actions of those who fought during the battle, both Filipino and American
MacArthur Marks Fall of Bataan By New Vow to Retake Philippines
General MacArthur makes a vow to return to the Philippines during the year anniversary of his forced departure from the island. MacArthur's statement is the only recognition of the anniversary of the fall of Bataan in Australia, where MacArthur and…