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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Legarda, Benito J.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Correcting errors in narrating Manila’s liberation /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Benito J. Legarda Jr.
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| General Note |
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "The month of February 2018 was again the occasion to commemorate the Battle for Manila, the largest mass killing and destruction in Philippine history. There was attendance by diplomats and of young sincerely peace-loving Japanese.
There were reminiscences galore, and a setting forth of the issue by Memorare Manila 1945 Foundation at the annual Intramuros program. Memorare officials and a Filipino historian gave out the point of view of the 100,000 noncombatant victims.
But there were also some who should have known better mouthing some rather glaring errors. Chief among those errors was the charge that most of Manila was destroyed by American shellfire..."
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| Immediate Source Of Acquisition Note |
- Source of acquisition - Philippine Daily Inquirer
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Destruction and pillage
- Geographic subdivision - Manila.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
- Geographic name - Manila (Philippines)
- General subdivision - Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - Battle of Manila
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| Host Item Entry |
- Related parts - (March 20, 2018)
- Title - Philippine Daily Inquirer
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