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  • Pacific War Trials – part two

    Originally posted on Pacific Paratrooper: Courtroom spectators, Manila The Allies also established the United Nations War Crimes Commission (the UNWCC) in 1943.  The UNWCC collected evidence on Axis war crimes and drew up lists of suspected war criminals for Allied… Continue reading

  • Batangas Province During The Spanish Regime

    Originally posted on Subli: Map of Batangas Province – Photo Credit – Wikipedia by Roel Balingit Large centers of population already thrived in Batangas before the Spaniards arrived. Native settlements lined the Pansipit River, a major waterway near Taal Lake.… Continue reading

  • Lucky 666 – The Story of the Longest Continuous Dogfight in the Annals of USAAF History

    Most WWII books are written about the European Theatre, but few are written about the war that took place in the South Pacific. With most attention given to the European Theater, it is great to see books written about the… Continue reading

  • The Provisional Recon Platoon – Spearhead of the Los Banos Raid

    Originally posted on Subli: Terry Santos – Photo Credit – The History Channel I was just reading Pacific Paratrooper’s blog by GP Cox when I saw the farewell salutes. One of them is Terry Santos. I remember the name from… Continue reading

  • 9-11-2001 – “To remember, lest we forget.”

    On September 11, 2001, an evil force struck the heart of New Yorkers and all mankind for that matter. There isn’t an American who is not affected by it. Everyone who died in that tragedy left someone behind who loved… Continue reading

  • Sept. 2, 1945

    Seventy-five years ago today, Japan surrenders, bringing an end to WWII. This post was originally posted at https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-surrenders Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri as General Richard K. Sutherland watches, September 2, 1945 – Photo Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer… Continue reading

  • Food for Thought – Why the Philippines have Ineffective Government Leadership

    Originally posted on Subli:   Ayala Avenue, Makati Photo Credit – Patrickroque01@English Wikipedia A friend of mine, Benjamin R. Punongbayan, the founder of Punongbayan and Araullo, one of the largest accounting firms in the Philippines and founder of Buklod National… Continue reading

  • National Aviation Day – Aug. 19, 2020

    This poem is part of “We Swoop at Dawn” and written by a pilot from Jay Zeamer’s old 22nd Bomb Group. The poem had been copied and passed around to airmen in theater, many of whom flew with it stuffed… Continue reading

  • Monday Motivation

    While cleaning up my husband’s papers, I came across this piece of ethos amongst his notes while a student at a Dale Carnegie class. That must be at least 40 years ago. It applied then and it still very much… Continue reading

  • Batangas’ Ancient History

    Originally posted on Subli: ? Because of their geographical position between southern China and Melanesia, the Philippines have marked importance for many aspects of Oceanic prehistory. By Southeast Asian standards, they are fairly well-studied archaeologically, and this situation is partly… Continue reading