Commemorating Bataan and Corregidor

09/04/2017

75th Anniversary, join the memorial

Come for a day long celebration of valor and friendship between Americans and Filippinos, as we honor the 75th Anniversary of those who fought at Bataan, in the Philippines, during World War 2; and the centennial of America's involvement in World War 1. The Commemoration begins at 2 PM, with a Milit...

12/18/2016

Help support our work on American POWs of Japan. Buy a mug!

11/08/2016

Ben participated in the 70th Anniversary events in Washington in 2012. May he rest in peace.

ADBC-MS President Jan Thompson  gives an eulogy at the Steele memorial Ben Steele - a Bataan Death March survivor whose art helped h...

11/08/2016

We are assisting a former POW of Japan who fought on Bataan and Corregidor with the Army Air Corps, Army Infantry, and Marines in his visit to Washington and the President's Veterans Day breakfast. Click the link to learn more about him and programs where he will speak.

On November 11th, Veterans Day, Dan Crowley, 94, will join President Barack Obama for his annual breakfast for representatives from Amer...

09/27/2016

Mr. Steele traveled to Washington five years ago to participate in the 70th anniversary of the Bataan Death March.

WWII POW and Bataan Death March survivor, Ben Steele, passed away at 4 a.m. Sunday in Billings. He was 98 years old.

07/22/2016

SAN FRANCISCO – California’s board of education approved the inclusion of Filipinos’ role in World War II in the Philippines in the revised history curriculum framework for the state’s

07/14/2016

Next the House has to approve it. But Congress goes in recess today until September. But it is good election year politics. However, what about the American POWs? Where is our Gold Medal?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 30, 2016 Contact:Jon Melegrito, Tel. 202-361-0296Email: [email protected]   Senate Approves Congressional Gold Medal Bill for Filipino World War II Veterans  Washington, D.C. The U.S. Senate today approved by unanimous consent S. 1555, the Filipino Ve...

07/13/2016

04/04/2016

Showing the growing interesting in the Pacific War and the Battle for the Philippines. Spread the word about this new event to remember our history.

11/11/2015

Bataan Death March survivor Lester Tenney had breakfast at the White House this morning. His commentary on how he persuaded the Japanese government to apologize to the American POWs was published today too in the "National Interest." And tonight a dinner with wounded warriors. A lot for a 95 year old.

The Japanese tortured me. The American government refused me restitution.

09/14/2015

Must see documentary on the American POW of Japan experience to be held tonight in Carbondale, Illinois.

CARBONDALE – It took 22 years, worldwide travel, extensive research, countless interviews and true grit to see the project through to the end.

09/13/2015

San Francisco opening of War in the Philippines exhibit.