Deep-sea explorers have found the wreck of a Japanese transport ship which sank off the Philippines, killing nearly 1,000 Australian troops and civilians in World War Two. It was Australia’s worst maritime disaster: a US submarine torpedoed the ship unaware that it was packed with prisoners captured in Papua New Guinea. The Montevideo Maru sank …
He describes General MacArthur as “quite a guy.” In commemoration of the 75th year of World War II in the Philippines, one of its heroes returned. Richard “Dick” Adams visited Corregidor once again, but this time, he did not parachute out of a C-47 plane to land on the towering trees of the Rock. …
By Nestor Abrematea PALO, ,Leyte–President Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to sign into law this month the increased monthly pension of World War II veterans, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office administrator Undersecretary Ernesto G. Carolina announced during the 74th Leyte Gulf Landings held October 20 at MacArthur Shrine here. Administrator Carolina said he expects that President …
The nation joins the Armed Forces and the University of the Philippines (UP) community in mourning the passing of Engr. Fernando Perez Javier. At 107 years old, Engr. Javier was the Philippines’ oldest World War II veteran and UP’s oldest alumnus, the Centennial Man during the university’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2008. We remember Engr. Perez’s …
People of all ages, professions, and nationalities, flock to Mt. Samat, Pilar, Bataan for the annual commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) that is traditionally led by no less than the President of the Philippines. The nation gathers at the Dambana ng Kagitingan or the Shrine of Valor, the historic spot which …