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Family behind Krispy Kreme gives millions to Holocaust survivors

Jacey Fortin, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 13 04:06 PM

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which seeks reparations for Holocaust survivors and funds social services, announced the donation Thursday. Read more »

Private endeavors in Philippines keep WWII memories alive, relevant

Ronron Calunsod, Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 09 02:10 PM

MANILA - As time marches on from when World War II ravaged nations and claimed millions of lives in the Pacific more than seven decades ago, the relevance of wartime memories and other memorabilia keeps growing in the Philippines.   Read more »

Aging Japan bomb survivors back pope's anti-nukes call

Natsuko Fukue, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 08:36 AM

Like many aging survivors of the attacks on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Kenji Hayashida hopes the pope can bring fresh international attention to the cause of nuclear abolition, and also keep alive the memory of the devastating bombings.   Read more »

Pope Francis carries anti-nuclear message to Japan

Catherine Marciano and Richard Carter, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 23 12:32 PM

TOKYO, Japan – Pope Francis arrives in Japan on Saturday, where he is expected to deliver a robust anti-nuclear message of peace in the only country to have suffered an atomic bomb attack. Read more »

Abe's mission unaccomplished: pushing to revise Japan's pacifist charter

Linda Sieg, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 12:31 PM

Shinzo Abe surged back to power 7 years ago, pledging to bolster Japan's defenses in response to a growing threat from China and aiming to amend the pacifist constitution. He has kept his first promise. The second remains elusive. Read more »

Darren Criss bibida sa pelikula tungkol sa World War 2

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 08:10 PM

Bibida ang Filipino-American actor na si Darren Criss sa pelikulang "Midway," na tungkol sa World War 2. Read more »

OPINION: Philippine history for Americans via US legislation

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 01 09:56 AM

Our Filipino WW II veterans, collectively, now join a long list of earlier honorees of the US Congressional Gold Medal. Read more »

Movie review: Do we really need another film about the Battle of Midway?

Fred Hawson
Posted at Oct 29 05:02 PM

"Midway" is a straightforward retelling of the events in the first months of the War in the Pacific beginning with Pearl Harbor and culminating in the Battle of Midway.  Read more »

Japanese World War II carriers found in Pacific depths

Christine Hauser, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 22 09:15 AM

In the past few days, deep sea explorers aboard the Petrel, a 250-foot research vessel that explores historically significant shipwrecks, announced they have located the wreckage of the Japanese carriers Kaga and Akagi, two among the six-carrier fleet used by Japanese aircraft to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941. Read more »

"I shall return!"

Jonathan Cellona, ABS_CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 07:53 PM

David Henry Mattiske, an Australian navy sailor during World War II, pays tribute to the statues in Palo, Leyte commemorating the return of General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines during the war. Read more »

'Foye and the Filipinos': A script that Hollywood missed

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Oct 12 07:10 AM

Here is a script that Hollywood missed. It is a true, fascinating story, as it is yet another paean to the Filipino-American love affair. Read more »

At least 7 dead as World War II plane crashes in US: reports

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 12:03 PM

At least seven people were killed when a World War II bomber carrying 13 passengers and crew crashed at an airport in the northeastern US state of Connecticut Wednesday, local media reported. Read more »

Vintage B-17 bomber makes fiery fatal landing in Connecticut

Peter Szekely, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 06:27 AM

A World War Two-era B-17 bomber trying to make an emergency landing at an airport near Hartford, Connecticut, crashed and burned, killing an undetermined number of people and closing the airport for several hours, authorities said.   Read more »

OPINION: The liberation of the Philippines, the steep price of freedom

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Sep 28 05:41 AM

The “Battle of the Philippines,” the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation during World War II, was effectively and dramatically implemented at dawn of Oct. 20, 1944. Read more »

Blast hits Indonesian police warehouse holding World War II munitions

Reuters
Posted at Sep 14 12:32 PM

JAKARTA - An explosion went off on Saturday in an Indonesian police evidence warehouse containing munitions dating from World War II, injuring one officer and prompting the evacuation of nearby residents, police said. Read more »

Philippines holds holiday to mark Japanese general's WWII surrender

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 03 08:20 AM

The Philippines on Tuesday marked its first national holiday to commemorate the surrender of Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita and his army during World War II, ending the difficult three-year-long Japanese occupation in the Philippines.   Read more »

Japan's curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire

Makiko Yamazaki and Heekyong Yang, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 02 08:35 AM

Japan's curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding its dominance over a key link in the global chip supply chain, suppliers and experts say.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 29, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 11:51 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Badge of courage

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 09:39 PM

Major Fortunato S. Perez receives the US Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award given by the United States, for his bravery during the Second World War in ceremonies held Thursday. Read more »

40 more Filipino WWII veterans get US Congressional Gold Medal

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:19 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Forty Filipino World War II (WWII) veterans were honored Thursday with the US Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor the United States Congress confers. Read more »