Historical premise
At the conclusion of the Spanish-American war, “[t]he city of Manila was surrendered to the United States on 13 August 1898, and the military commander was directed to hold the city, bay, and harbor, pending the conclusion of a peace which should determine the control, disposition, and government of the Islands.”1 Subsequently, and similarly […]
“Bataan has fallen. The Philippine-American troops on this war-ravaged and bloodstained peninsula have laid down their arms. With heads bloody but unbowed, they have yielded to the superior force and numbers of the enemy.” (Opening lines of the broadcast announcing the surrender of US-Philippine troops in Bataan on 9 April 1942)
April 9 marks a Philippine […]
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