Armed forces of the Philippine Commonwealth   I see you are in an excellent position to perhaps winkle out local sources on the seemingly nearly forgotten events in the Philippines  among the population in the US Of course I saw some college students here confused Lee and Ike and Normandy and Gettysburg Of all the sad collapses  until allies went on the offensive the collapse of the Malay Barrier and Philippines is one of the most dramatic Small boats fleeing Singapore made it only for the survivors to do it all over or die or be captured down in Java or further south I reread Reemans The Pride and the Anguish a year or so ago and finished looking on Google Earth at the escape strait calculated days and realized theyd just escaped into a new hell as the whole island arc to Australia fell Same with so many trying to escape Luzon in small craft only to be caught after weeks of hiding along the coast in daylight There are some of those I might like to see if you can dig up local sources to add to what I have Anyway perhaps I will get back to that area after getting diverted by another project