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

On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte in World War II, fulfilling a ...

Douglas MacArthur lived his entire life ... General Arthur MacArthur -- back from the Philippines, where he had helped defeat the Spanish and served as military governor -- looked on proudly ...

On larger issues: In many ways the retaking of the Philippines was ... endless controversies that surround the long career of Douglas MacArthur, but rather to offer an engaging and balanced ...

COLONEL Narciso L. Manzano was the highest-ranking Filipino officer in the US Army under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. During World War II, he led and was involved in multiple battles and ...

General Douglas MacArthur believed the lushly vegetated ... MacArthur had been evacuated from the Philippines. Disease and hunger were rampant. Reinforcements had not arrived.

These were Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Soldiers, who fought America's first battle of World War II — the Philippine Division — probably the best trained and possibly the best prepared U.S. Army ...

To Douglas MacArthur’s alert military ear ... hopelessly watched the envelopment of the Philippines. Could Japan become a latter-day Bataan? In his Tokyo headquarters, the 68-year-old Supreme ...

Days before, Douglas MacArthur knew what he had to do ... end the withdrawal had been skillfully completed. The Army of the Philippines was holed up in an area almost devoid of roads, tough ...

fascinating and controversial figures in Philippine-American history was Isabel Rosario Cooper. If remembered at all, she was labeled as the mistress of General Douglas MacArthur. The term ...

WASHINGTON — Seventy-five years ago, US forces began the invasion of Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines, thereby fulfilling Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur's 1942 pledge ...

For the second time in 80 years, the Manila Overseas Press Club honors the Philippines’ outstanding journalists, this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6 p.m., at the Raffles Fairmont Grand Ballroom, before a ...