Hiya Jess

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>>Excuse my ignorance, Jess, but I thought that independence was in 1947???
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>That was the independence of the Japanese occupation. What we are celebrating now is the 100 years of independence of more than 3 decades of Spanish Regime, and at the same time the introduction of Biblical Christianity by the Americans.

I think you mean 3 centuries of the Spanish....also, 1947 was the official Independence Day for the Phillipines from U.S ... that's where that date came from on my end (looked it up!).

My great-uncle fought at Corriegador (spelling?) in 1942.