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At the outset of World War II, US Army and US Navy nurses were stationed at Sternberg General Hospital in Manila, and other military hospitals around Manila. During the Battle of the Philippines (1941–1942), 88 US Army nurses escaped, in the last week of December 1941, to Corregidor and Bataan.
Filipina Comfort Women was a statue publicly displayed along Baywalk, Roxas Boulevard in Manila.Unveiled on December 8, 2017 and installed through the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and other donors and foundations, it was dedicated to the Filipino "comfort women", who worked in military brothels in World War II including those who were coerced into doing so.
Historical Marker, Plaza Lawton, Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila Bahay na Pula in San Ildefonso, Bulacan used as barracks by Japanese soldiers in World War II where young Filipino comfort women were imprisoned and used as sex slaves. Comfort women in the Philippines, called "Lolas" (grandmothers), formed different groups similar to the Korean survivors.
Nieves Fernandez (born circa 1906) was a Filipino guerrilla leader in Tacloban City, during World War II. [2] [3]Before the war, Fernandez worked as a school teacher. When the Imperial Japanese began occupying the Philippine Islands, including her hometown of Tacloban, Fernandez organized a resistance movement that numbered around 110 fighters. [4]
It was also her practice to wear a Filipiniana dress during her lecture tours to promote foreigners' interest in the Philippines. [10] During her first trip to the United States, while she was at the Women's International League for Peace 1925, she met Antonio Escoda, a Philippine Press Bureau reporter from Gandara, Samar whom she later married ...
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia (Military History of the United States) by S. Sandler (2000) Routledge ISBN 0-8153-1883-9; By sword and fire: The Destruction of Manila in World War II, 3 February – 3 March 1945 (Unknown Binding) by Alphonso J. Aluit (1994) National Commission for Culture and the Arts ISBN 971-8521-10-0
Josefina Guerrero (August 5, 1917 – June 18, 1996) was a Filipino spy during World War II. [1] Guerrero had leprosy and was an unsuspicious and effective surveillance asset for American allied forces.
Remedios Guinto Gomez Paraiso (born Remedios Guinto Gomez, July 12, 1918 – May 15, 2014), known primarily as Kumander Liwayway, was a Filipino guerilla fighter during World War II. Early life [ edit ]