CHIBA -- A message of friendship apparently sent to an Imperial Japanese Army lieutenant who served in the Philippines during World War II from a Filipino soldier he met after the war has been ...

On Feb. 3, 1945, a month-long urban warfare battle between Japanese and American forces began in Manila, which was under ...

The Raid on Cabanatuan, comprised of the 6th Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Henry A. Mucci, Sixth U.S. Army, Alamo ...

Feb. 3, 1945, the battle for the capital of the Philippines began between Allied Forces and Imperial Japan. The 1st Cavalry ...

Atrocities in the Philippines On December 14, 1944, Japanese soldiers forced 150 American prisoners of war at a compound on Palawan into an air-raid shelter. Then they doused them with gasoline ...

"Japanese soldiers would bring residents suspected ... 3,800 children of Japanese descent had been left behind in the Philippines after the war. The children faced discrimination as offspring ...

and Japanese soldiers leading a medical evacuation disaster relief drill. "Today was about effectively coordinating with our allies from the Philippines and Japan," said US Marine 1st Lt.

Since the Japanese controlled nearly every island between the Philippines and Hawaii in 1942 ... In so doing, the soldiers liberated a camp holding about 4,000 civilian prisoners.