1945 Battle of Manila (Anti-US Military BARRF Alert!)

INQ7 ^ | 1/31/05 | William Esposo

[Constantine XIII]

Well, that would be 80 million hard working conservative Catholics.

You tell me. :P

[dvwjr]

Well, the Filipinos should be proud of this - how many other Nations can have their citizens visit the United States WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. and find their country honored with a pillar enscribed with its name? There are 56 pillars representing the 48 States, the District of Columbia and the 7 Territories of the United States during WWII.

One of those 56 pillars is engraved with the word:

Philippines

Pillars

"Fifty-six granite pillars celebrate the unprecedented unity of the nation during WWII. The pillars are connected by a bronze sculpted rope that symbolizes the bonding of the nation. Each state and territory from that period and the District of Columbia is represented by a pillar adorned with oak and wheat bronze wreaths and inscribed with its name; the pillars are arranged in the order of entry into the Union, alternating south to north across the plaza beginning adjacent to the Field of Gold Stars. The 17-foot pillars are open in the center for greater transparency, and ample space between each allows viewing into and across the memorial."

Example of WWII Memorial pillar

dvwjr

[PotatoHeadMick]

Jeez forgive me! I just answered your historical question...

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks...

Not many know how connected MacArthur felt with the Phillipino people. To say that he ignored their safety during the battle to re-take the Phillipines is absolutely incomprehensible.

[F16Fighter]

Awesome!

[KC_Conspirator]

Next to Warsaw, Manila registered as the city most devastated by World War II.

How is this measured? What about the Russian/Ukranian cities of Stalingrad, Leningrad, Rostov, and Kiev which were torched. I am sure I am missing many more.

Manila was savaged, but by the Japanese.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Give me an email address and I'll send you the pictures.

[LibertarianInExile]

Filipinos have the same attitude about government spending liberals do, whether they're conservative Catholics or not.

[HenryLeeII]

Next to Warsaw, Manila registered as the city most devastated by World War II.

Uh, I think the residents of Stalingrad may want to quibble over that idiotic statement!

[withteeth]

i hope to god you're bluffing.

no thanks, of course. I've had some Snopes warnings going off, but obviously the Japanese were well capable of such atrocities.

[Charlespg]

I remember my grandmother telling me that in WWl there was this story about the Huns. She was not German but she seemed to think that it was later accepted that this was war propoganda. Now whenever I read that about any army (no matter how obviously atrocious they were)I wonder if those particular stories are made up. ...


in the case of WWII and The Japs unfortunately not

[Braak]

Sadly the US Army had no choice with Manila. Seems Homma did order his forces to abandon Manila just like MacArthur had in 1942. But the local naval commander violated orders and ordered his sailors and marines to defend Manila in the usual Japanese style: "to the last man".

Whomever wrote this pap has a laughable understanding of history and of the events surrounding the Battle of Manila. Coming from someone who has written articles on Baatan, I can tell you this. The Filipino people fought the Japanese as hard as we did, and though in 1941-42, we lost to the Japanese, it wasn't for lack of courage. And what those same people risked to help us after the fall of Baatan and Corrigador was nothing short of remarkable. We could learn a lesson there.

And here is the best part, they fought on till we came back. Everybody talks about the French resistance, but why not the Filipinos? Trust me, the ones I met would have thought badly of this idiot, and with good reason.

[sacm]

hey, give the guy some credit. he is a filipino and has a right to air his views about what happened. it didnt happen to your country, it happened to his. his view may be bias and if you object to what he wrote then you too are bias. THERE IS NO BENEVOLENCE IN COLONIALISM. he should know becasue his country was dominated by colonizers for centuries. to let you know about a little secret, the filipino pres is now brainwashing the countrymen to love america for the fact that she is now selling the phil economy to the Americans. why do you think the Philippine peso is now improving???