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Philippine’s Last Stand: Remembering the War Veterans on Araw ng Kagitingan

It was April 9, 1942. To overrun the Southwest Pacific, Japan had to capture the Philippines so they can establish their own naval base in Manila Bay and launch their attacks to Australia and the Pacific Basin. The Japanese were denied entry by Filipino and American servicemen who defended, for months, the mouth of Manila […]

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