An art exhibit has opened at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the battle to free the Philippine capital during World War II. Liberation of Manila: 80 ...

A pair of U.S. veterans are headed home after one of the last visits to the Philippines by Americans who fought there during World War II. Navy veteran Arthur Grabiner, 99, of New York City, and Army ...

MANILA, Philippines — Seventy years have not dulled the memories of survivors of the monthlong Battle of Manila. The mass killings by Japanese forces, the loved ones lost and the desperation are ...

The Manila American Cemetery has more than 17,000 marble headstones for Americans killed in the Pacific war. It is the largest U.S. military cemetery overseas. (Bob Drogin / Los Angeles Times) This ...

A stretcher party brings out a wounded U.S. soldier after an attack by U.S. troops on Feb. 23, 1945, to liberate Filipino prisoners in Intramuros, Philippines. (Naval History and Heritage Command) The ...

Survivors of the 1945 Battle of Manila recount in 'Children of the War' how they escaped 'mass executions' during the Japanese occupation The Japanese folk song "Sakura" celebrates the transient ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine explosives experts have removed about 60 World War Two mortar rounds found in the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in Manila by construction workers, officials said Saturday.

As World War 2 was coming to an end, the Japanese forces cornered at the Philippine Archipelago resorted to the most primitive tactics to halt the American advance, inflicting a lot of pain on the ...

Every now and then, I am struck by the stories of hardship and struggle that many readers carry with them in their daily lives. These are often tales told in letters based on firsthand experience — ...