The Philippines’ fight for independence was a long struggle stretching over almost 50 years and ending in 1946 when the U.S. commonwealth officially became its own country. This year, March 24 marks ...

Having, by a process of adroit political shadow boxing, set himself up as President of the Philippine Commonwealth with virtually the powers of a dictator, sly little Manuel Quezon naturally has great ...

A Filipino medical assistant bandages the injured arm of a woman in a PCAU clinic at San Rogue on Leyte Island, January 1945. Photo courtesy David Smollar America’s World War II return to the ...