Honor and Care for Our Veterans Utmost Importance

During World War II, on April 9, 1942, 75,000 United States soldiers and Filipino soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces after months of battling in extreme-climate condi­tions. Soon after the bomb­ing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese forces began the inva­sion of the Philippines. The capture of the Phil­ippines was crucial to the Japanese. It would bring them […]