Manuel Quezon and served the Philippine government-in-exile in Washington, D.C., during World War II.
After Japan captured Corregidor, Romulo went with MacArthur to Australia and then joined the Philippine government-in-exile of Pres.
Hiroo Onoda, an army intelligence officer, caused a sensation when he was persuaded to come out of hiding in the Philippine jungle in 1974.
Onoda, whose sole remaining companion was killed in a shootout with Philippine troops in 1972, held firm until two years later.
Although present at the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, she played no part in the battle.
He won the Philippine championships in 1956 and 1960 and played for his country in five Chess Olympiads.
Once the largest U.S. air base in the Pacific, it was turned over to the Philippine government in 1991 after the eruption of the nearby Pinatubo volcano.
Even in their circumscribed role, American advisers say they have helped Philippine soldiers in tactics, strategy and basic marksmanship.
Pemberton had been detained on board the USS Peleliu in Subic Bay until he was transferred by helicopter to a Philippine base in the capital.
Abuhasan Jama is a former major in the Moro National Liberation Front who studied guerrilla warfare in Malaysia in 1979 and 1980 and then spent 13 years fighting the Philippine government in the jungles of Mindanao.
