July 4, 1946
In 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established with U.S. approval, and Manuel Quezon was elected the country’s first president. On July 4, 1946, full independence was granted to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States.
Q. Who is the Filipino survivor in World War 2?
Major Richard M. Gordon, U.S. Army (ret.), was a defender of Bataan and is a survivor of the Death March, Camp O’Donnell, Camp Cabanatuan and three years’ captivity in Mitsushima, Japan.
Table of Contents
- Q. Who is the Filipino survivor in World War 2?
- Q. How did World War 2 affect the Philippines?
- Q. What happened after World War 2 in the Philippines?
- Q. Is anyone still alive from the Bataan Death March?
- Q. When did the US surrender in the Philippines?
- Q. How many Filipino soldiers served in World War 2?
- Q. Who was the last survivor of the Bataan Death March?
- Q. How old is the oldest World War 2 veteran in the Philippines?
- Q. Where did Filipina women go during World War 2?
Q. How did World War 2 affect the Philippines?
The Philippines had suffered great loss of life and tremendous physical destruction by the time the war was over. An estimated 1 million Filipinos had been killed, a large proportion during the final months of the war, and Manila was extensively damaged.
Q. What happened after World War 2 in the Philippines?
The final liberation of the Philippines at the end of World War II released Filipinos from years of torment—but recognition of their courage and sacrifice was slow in coming. Seventy-five years ago, Japan officially surrendered aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.
Q. Is anyone still alive from the Bataan Death March?
Walt Straka, lifelong Brainerd resident and Minnesota’s the last survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March, passed away Sunday, July 4. He was 101 years old.
Q. When did the US surrender in the Philippines?
On May 6, 1942, U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders all U.S. troops in the Philippines to the Japanese.
Q. How many Filipino soldiers served in World War 2?
More than 250,000 Filipino soldiers served with U.S. troops in World War II, including more than 57,000 who died. The veterans have won back some concessions, including lump-sum payments as part of the 2009 economic stimulus package.
Q. Who was the last survivor of the Bataan Death March?
EL CERRITO — Ramon Regalado, one of the Bay Area’s last survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March in the Philippines during World War II and a face for the area’s World War II Filipino soldiers over the past several years, has died.
Q. How old is the oldest World War 2 veteran in the Philippines?
He attributes his survival during those times to prayers and his faith in God. He is now 105 years old, while his brother Lolo Panding (based in Baguio) is 107 years old, considered the Philippines’ oldest living WWII veteran. World War II veteran Alberto Solomon, 94 years old, inside his small house in Barangay Santolan, Pasig City.
Q. Where did Filipina women go during World War 2?
“We need to make sure it never happens again.” A Filipina “comfort woman” wipes away a tear during a January protest in Manila. Over 1,000 women and girls were captured and imprisoned in “rape camps” in the Philippines by the Japanese military during World War II.
