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Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 209– 10. ISBN 9780231509374. OCLC 60527603. Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Capas National Shrine in Capas, Tarlac. The Philippines being one of the major theaters of World War II, has commissioned a number of monuments, cemeteries memorials, preserved relics, and established private and public museums, as well as National Shrines, to commemorate battles and events during the invasion, occupation, and liberation of the country.
Captured in Manila while disguised as a priest. [1]: 56 Bayoneted to death by the Kempeitai at Manila North Cemetery on 2 October 1943. [3]: 183 [3] George M. Barnett Major, commanded the 2nd and 3rd Districts under Volckmann. [5] Leon Beck Escaped from the Bataan Death March to become a guerrilla. [4]: 222 [4] Henry Roy Bell
133 U.S. soldiers from the 6th Ranger Battalion and Alamo Scouts 250–280 Filipino guerrillas: Est. 220 Japanese guards and soldiers Est. 1,000 Japanese near the camp Est. 5,000–8,000 Japanese in Cabanatuan: Casualties and losses; U.S. soldiers 2 killed 4 wounded 2 prisoners died Filipino guerillas 20 wounded: Empire of Japan: Est. 530 ...
Missing from Circumstances Refs. 1910 Burt Alvord: 32–33 Central America: An American lawman-turned-outlaw, Alvord had been a Cochise County, Arizona deputy, but had turned to crime—primarily train robbery—by the early 1900s. He was last seen in 1910 working as a Panama Canal employee. Alvord's ultimate fate is unknown. [1] c. 12 July 1910
Minutes before plunging to their deaths, five airmen successfully dropped 14 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne near their landing mark over Normandy, France from their C-47. It was just after 2: ...
Spanish government researchers said Sunday they had identified 357 foreign fighters who went missing during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the conflict that foreshadowed World War II.
48 [6] [7] (American soldiers) A mess area was attacked by hundreds of residents led by Valeriano Abanador during the Philippine-American War, marking the US Army's "worst defeat" since the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. [8] [9] Samar Campaign: December 1901 to February 1902 Samar: 2,000–50,000 (Filipino soldiers and civilians) [10] [11] [12]