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SPECIAL OFFER FOR MEMORIAL DAY
SPECIAL OFFER – For a limited time only – From May 13, 2013 until May 31, 2013. In honor of our veterans and in celebration of Memorial Day on May 27, 2013, you can get a signed copy of “BAHALA NA (Come What May)”, a WWII novel for a special price of $16.95 with free…
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Honor your mother on Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 12, 2013
Anna Reeves Jarvis was the first woman to hold a celebration of mothers in 1858 in West Virginia, where she instituted Mothers’ Work Day to raise awareness about local sanitation issues. During the Civil War, she expanded the scope of Mothers’ Work Day to include sanitary conditions on both sides of the battlefield. Julia Ward…
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May is Fiesta Time in Batangas
In the month of May, town fiestas are very common in Batangas and different barrios celebrate their own respective fiestas. Alitagtag was probably the only town in Batangas or maybe in the Philippines that celebrated two fiestas, one on May 3 and another one on May 7. May 3 was the feast day of the…
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“The Philippines” written by Alexander R Morgan in 1989
As I was looking for some old files yesterday, I bumped into this school report about “The Philippines” that my son, Alexander R Morgan, wrote on May 24, 1989 for his World Cultures class. He was 15 yrs old at that time and in ninth Grade at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay, NY. …
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Book Signing at Patriots Point, Charleston SC
I will be at Patriots Point on Saturday, April 27 form 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM to do a book signing of my new book, “BAHALA NA (Come What May): A World War II Story of Love, Faith, Courage, Determination and Survival”. The book is set in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines. Bahala…
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The Second Pearl Harbor
In Manila, ten minutes after the first bomb hit Pearl Harbor, a startled radio operator at Asiatic Fleet headquarters intercepted an unencrypted Morse Code from Adm. Husband Kimmel, the Honolulu-based Pacific Fleet Commander: “AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL”. He alerted his duty officer, Marine Lt. Col. William T. Clement, who in…
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TORA…TORA…TORA…
“Tora, tora, tora,” was the code for the successful surprise attack. There was a saying in Japan that, “A tora (tiger) goes out 1,000 ri (2000 miles) and returns without fail.” Even before the first bomb fell, the Japanese knew that the surprise attack was successful: “Tora… Tora… Tora…” The first wave of Japanese bombers…
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About the Philippines
The Philippines is a tropical paradise in Southeast Asia with spectacular beaches fringed with gently swaying palm trees on fine white, pink and in some areas almost black sand. Some islands are well known and some are still deserted and undiscovered, home to underwater wrecks like Spanish galleons and Chinese junks surrounded by vast expanses…
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Rosalinda Rosales Morgan Publishes her First Historical Novel
Rosalinda Rosales Morgan, a former Oyster Bay, NY resident and community volunteer announces the launching of her first historical novel entitled “Bahala Na (Come What May), A World War II Story of Faith, Love, Courage, Determination and Survival”. Set in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, from the Mountain Provinces to Batangas, Bahala Na…
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Bahala Na
Welcome to my blog! This site will be devoted to my book Bahala Na (Come What May), a World War II story of love, faith, courage, determination and survival. Topics will include articles about the Philippines and its people. I might include some articles about my journey as a writer. I started this blog to…
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