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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.
Bataan Death March memorial in Las Cruces Veterans Memorial Park. Across the United States, and in the Philippines there exist dozens of memorials, such as monuments, plaques and schools, dedicated to the U.S. and Filipino prisoners who suffered or died during the Bataan Death March. There is also a wide variety of commemorative events held to ...
Philippine Army personnel of World War II (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Filipino military personnel of World War II" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
With a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations. [1] Many of the personnel whose remains are interred or represented were killed in New Guinea , or during the 1941–42 Battle of the Philippines or ...
With two large Naval Bases on Luzon: Naval Base Manila and Naval Base Subic Bay, Naval Base Lingayen was closed after the war. Veterans Memorial Park is a park in the city of Lingayen, Pangasinan at 16°02′02″N 120°13′52″E / 16.034°N 120.231°E / 16.034; 120
Louis Morton, US Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific--The Fall of the Philippines (United States Army Center of Military History, 1952) "A Tribute to Our Nurses" (PDF). The Quan. 58 (2). American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor: 1, 6– 7, 9– 11, 13– 15. September 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia (Military History of the United States) by S. Sandler (2000) Routledge ISBN 0-8153-1883-9 By sword and fire: The Destruction of Manila in World War II , 3 February – 3 March 1945 (Unknown Binding) by Alphonso J. Aluit (1994) National Commission for Culture and the Arts ISBN 971-8521-10-0
World War II First Line of Defense Memorial (Dinalupihan, Bataan, Philippines). Historical Marker (January 6, 1942 -Jose Calugas was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor ). On January 16, 1942, his unit was covering the withdrawal of a portion of the U.S. Army Forces Far East (USAFFE), with the 26th Cavalry Regiment of the Philippine Scouts ...