On January 2, 1942, Japanese troops marched into the Philippines unopposed by outnumbered U.S. forces. Thousands of soldiers surrendered and were marched off to notorious prison camps. But thousands of other Filipinos and Americans refused to surrender. Japan saw its conquest of the Philippines as the key in its plan to control all of Asia. The Allies hopes for stopping them depended on retaking Manila, and on the deeds of the largely unheralded resistance movement there.
Among these were three intrepid people, a debonair polo-playing expatriate businessman who was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer; a defiant enlisted American soldier and a wily American woman whose nightclub in Manila secretly supplied food to the American resistance and to prisoners of war. They successfully eluded the Japanese for more than two years, sabotaging enemy efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur’s triumphant return.
For more information, contact Robin Clough, Volunteer & Recreation Coordinator, rclough@scv-seniorcenter.org
SCV Senior Center
22900 Market St, Santa Clarita
661.259.9444
Wednesday, August 23
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Rooms A-1 & A-2
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