They were among the more than 250,000 able-bodied and patriotic Filipinos who heeded the call to get commissioned or enlisted in the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (Usaffe) under the ...

On November 5, 1942, members of the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) inadvertently killed a Japanese soldier when they entered the foreign force’s garrison to steal some firearms. In ...

The town of General Nakar in Quezon Province is a place that most people may be familiar with but likely have limited knowledge about. This rings true in my case. As I packed my stuff for the trip ...

He recalls how for a reenactment of the Battle of the Pockets, a crucial USAFFE victory, he volunteered to carry a weapon that was equivalent to a workout. “We get to fire real rifles loaded with ...

It was written by Captain Salvador P. Lopez, who was at the time assigned to the headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). The ...

It turns out that “USAFFE” stood for the United States Army Forces in the Far East and he was a veteran of the U.S. military who fought during World War II.

Ester (Calata) Tengco, 90, of Mount Pocono, passed away peacefully at home in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Born in ...

Instead, he kept the men and women there as hostages until he received assurance on June 9, 1942, that all the USAFFE troops throughout the Philippines had surrendered.

According to one of Mr. Guevara’s family members, the artist feared the Japanese who were occupying the Philippines at that time and decided to erase the USAFFE (United States Army Forces in the Far ...

A World War II veteran who died 60 years ago finally got his due recognition this week, including a slew of medals and ribbons never awarded to him. At a ceremony Monday, August 15, U.S. Rep ...