Philippine World War II Memorial Foundation

Philippine World War II Memorial Foundation To educate and enlighten others about the Philippines' World War II history

13/08/2026

NUTRITION, INDIGENEITY AND FOOD SUBSTITUTES DURING WW2

RAD XAVIER SUMAGAYSAY is an Instructor at the Division of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in History at the Ateneo de Manila University. His research interests focus on the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines (1942- 1945), with an emphasis on the food history of the period and he Japanese Occupation of Western Visayas.

HONOR: THE LEGACY OF JOSE ABAD SANTOS A Special Film Screening on August 6, 2026, 2:00-4:00pm at the GSIS Theater, Pasay...
02/08/2026

HONOR: THE LEGACY OF JOSE ABAD SANTOS
A Special Film Screening on August 6, 2026, 2:00-4:00pm at the GSIS Theater, Pasay City. Admission is FREE but registration is required via the QR code on the poster.

26/07/2026

The Panay Incident: Spy Submarine Missions

PETER PARSONS tells people he is a Baguio Boy, born in that mountain city in 1937. He also claims to have been the youngest guerrilla, and also that he single handedly defeated both the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. After his failed attempts to get educated, he devoted his life to researching WWII in the Philippines. "My Education began with my interviewing of over 150 guerrilla & civilians from that time", he says. He still lives in Baguio.

19/07/2026

Dauntless: The 1st and 2nd Filipino Regiment

MARIE SILVA VALLEJO has a degree In Education and pursued graduate studies in Psychology. Her corporate life was in Data Security and Internal Audit at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California. She authored The Battle of Ising, a WWII battle for the liberation of Mindanao, Philippines. She was on the Board of the American Historical Collection in Manila. She has managed the Museum Volunteers of the Philippines (MVP)'s WWII History course modules and given talks on WWII subjects. She spearheaded the scanning of the Guerrilla Recognition Program files in the Philippine Archives Collection at the U.S. National Records and Administration (NARA) that began at the Philippine Veterans Administration Office's mission to scan the entire collection and are now available online to show the Filipinos contribution to WW2 History.

17/07/2026

Wha Chi and the Filipino-Chinese Guerrillas

AQUINO LEE is one of the founding members of the Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, a non­ government organization of Tsinoys actively involved in nation-building efforts. He served as president, board member and now adviser of the organization. He is also past president of Kaisa Heritage Foundation, which manages the BahayTsinoy- Museum of Chinese in Philippine Life and the Chinben See Memorial Library. He is also past president of the Descendants of Wha Chi Guerrillas and the Caloocan Volunteer Fire Brigade.

15/07/2026

Extinguishing a Spark: The Impact ofWW2 on Phil. Scientific Efforts

DIANA MARIE AGUILA is currently pursuing a master's degree in chemistry at the Ateneo de Manila University. In addition to her area of focus in instrumental chemistry, she has interest in the history of science, and memory and commemoration of the Second World War.

LORENZO THOMAS LAZARO recently obtained a Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in International Relations, with specialized certificates in Nuclear Deterrence and International Security, from Harvard University. His capstone research critically examined the deterrence strategy of the Philippines in the South China Sea.

14/07/2026

A Case Study of a Filipino "Comfort Woman"
Applying for the "Atonement Projects” of the AWF

NAOKO OKIMOTO. PhD student, Graduate School of Peace Studies, Hiroshima City University Acquired dual MAs in Peace Education at University for Peace, Costa Rica and also in Global Politics at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines in 2019. Co-authored a storybook "My Mother Is More T han A Comfort Woman" in partnership with Lila Pilipina with her teammates of The Mothers' Storybook Project Team, published from Gantala Press in the Philippines in March 2021. Launched the "Philippines-Hiroshima Exchange through History and Peace Education Projects (PHETHAPEP) in February 2022. Researcher at the Hiroshima Institute for Peace Education (HIPE) since June 2022.

13/07/2026

Flowers4Lolas Campaign: Seeking Redress and Recognition
for WW2 Comfort Women

TERESITA ANG SEE ( #¾.=li.¥) is a social activist, educator, cultural worker and author. She has made outstanding contributions to peace and social cohesion for the past 50 years. Ang See is the founding President of Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, and currently serves as the executive trustee of Kaisa Heritage Center, which houses Bahay Tsinoy, the museum of the Chinese in Philippine life, and Chinben See Memorial Library. T he Center is a repository of the historical and cultural legacy of the Tsinoys in all aspects of Philippine life. She is past President of the International Society for the Study of Chinee Overseas or ISSCO and the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies or PACS. She has written and co-authored 17 books like Tsinoy -the Story of the Chinese in Philippine Life , five volumes of Chinese in the Philippines: Problems and Perspectives.

10/07/2026

Sexual Slavery in the Phils. During WW2: What do the Archives say/not say

JOSE MATHEW LUGA is an Assistant Professor of History (on leave) at the University ofthe Philippines, Baguio. His research interests focus on Historical Memory of the Second World War in the Philippines, Local Histories, and Urban Histories of Northern Luzon, Philippines. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD at the International Christian University (ICU - Tokyo, through the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology (MEXT) Scholarship, while serving as a Research Institute Assistant for ICU's Social Science Research Institute (SSRI}.

08/07/2026

Espionage in WW2: The Manzano Memoirs

CRAIG SCHARLIN graduated from the University of California Berkeley class of 1969. He has written on economic and political issues regarding the Philippines. His articles have been published in a number of periodicals, newspapers and academic journals in Asia and the U.S. His book "The Manzano Memoirs" was published by Ateneo de Manila University Press December 2024. He is also the co-author of "Philip Vera Cruz, A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement" (University of Washington Press). e is married to Lilia Villanueva and they reside in the Philippines and New York City.

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