Thanks to historians and Hollywood, we know about the Tuskegee Airmen and Navajo code talkers. We're less familiar with the Philippine Scouts, whose World War II story is at least as stirring as the ...

Pvt. José Nisperos, the first Filipino Medal of Honor recipient, was a member of the U.S. Army Philippine Scouts. Shown here are Philippine Scouts at Camp John Hay in the Philippines around 1920.

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii- During the turmoil and chaos of post-World War II Philippines, the Purple Heart medal posthumously awarded to Private First Class Adriano Alagon was lost until today, when a ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Friday, Aug. 4, 2006 | On assigned days, Joe Esloa is in charge of unlocking the Filipino ...

WASHINGTON — Army Capt. Jose Cabalfin Calugas wasn't a U.S. citizen during World War II, but he fought valiantly for America when the Japanese invaded his homeland, the Philippines. He earned the ...

Daewoong Group announced on the 9th that it will fully open its group training center to support accommodation, meals, and convenience facilities for Filipino scouts participating in the 2023 ...

Nichols Field was located 10 miles south of Manila in the Pasay area. The airfield was only a short distance from Fort ...

In the remote mountains of Luzon, the main island of the Philippines, is “Joan Skiff Memorial Hall.” How it got there is one of the twisted bypaths of World War II. Joan, of Skaneateles, was the wife ...

As Americans mark Memorial Day, a small band of veterans on the other side of the globe is waging a long-shot campaign on behalf of a silent constituency: thousands of U.S. service members, civilians ...

Pupils at Dalamas Integrated School in Iligan City pose with their raincoats from Project Tulong Bata of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. (Photo:ADD/PIA-10/Lanao del Norte) ILIGAN CITY (PIA)—The ...