Resources

In addition to the oral histories, animations and illustrations available through Duty To Country, we have also made available resources for diving deeper into the subject matter. Resources include primary sources, government documents, online archives and more.

Primary Sources

•  Rescission Act of 1946: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/107

• Copy of the U.S. Army Recognition Program of Philippine Guerillas, National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6921767

• Treaty of Paris (1898): https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/sp1898.asp

• Malolos Constitution (1899): https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1899-malolos-constitution/

• Aguinaldo’s Case Against the U.S. (1899): http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/empire/text9/filipino.pdf

• 1916 Philippine Autonomy Act (Jones Act): https://aadha.binghamton.edu/items/show/239#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0

• 1934 Philippine Independence Act (Tydings-McDuffie): https://aadha.binghamton.edu/items/show/315#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0

• Manuel Quezon, Inaugural Address of the President of Commonwealth (1935): https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1935/11/15/inaugural-address-of-president-quezon-november-15-1935/

• FDR communication with General Wainwright on Philippine situation in Philippines (May 1942): http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/sign/fdr_44.pdf

• Series of documents on surrender instructions for Wainwright: https://usawc.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=29874469

• Norman Reyes, Radio Broadcast “Bataan Has Fallen”: http://malacanang.gov.ph/1226-bataan-has-fallen/

• Roosevelt Radio Address to the People of the Philippines (1943): http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/msf/msfb0101

• Jose Laurel, Inaugural Address of the 2nd Philippine Republic (during Japanese Occupation October, 1944): http://malacanang.gov.ph/6294-inaugural-address-of-president-laurel-october-14-1943/

• President Osmeña declaration on active service in the Philipine Army: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1944/10/28/executive-order-no-21-s-1944/

• Letter written by President Osmeña to Resident Commissioner Carlos P. Romulo instructing him to work for extension of full G.I. Bill of Rights to Filipino Veterans (February 1946):  https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/

• Inaugural Address of Manuel Roxas: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1946

• Senate Hearing on the Bell Trade Act (1946): https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/79Hrg.Philippine.pdf

• Luce-Celler Immigration Act (1946): https://aadha.binghamton.edu/items/show/282#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0

• Mutual Defense Treaty (draft) (1951) : https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951v06p1/d95

• G.I. Bill of Rights (1944): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299854

• 1940 Nationality Act: https://scholarscollaborative.org/PuertoRico/items/show/102

• Truman Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bill on Philippine Veterans’ Benefits (May 18, 1946): https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-the-president-the-senate-and-the-speaker-the-house-transmitting-bill-philippine

• House of Representatives, Committee on Veterans Affairs, Hearing on HR 4073 “A bill to provide a more satisfactory program of benefits relation to active service in the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during WWII and for other purposes” (1948): https://books.googleusercontent.com

• INS vs. HIBI (1973): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep414/usrep414005/usrep414005.pdf

• Fifth Annual Philippine National Day, Barrio Fiesta, A Tribute to Three Waves of Filipino Immigration (1980): https://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/pioneerlife/id/11119

• INS vs. Pangilian (1988): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep486/usrep486875/usrep486875.pdf

• International Hotel Anti-Eviction Movement Calendar (1978): http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC63_scans/63.Ihotel.calender.full.pdf

• Civil Liberties Act of 1988: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-102/pdf/STATUTE-102-Pg903.pdf

• Immigration Act (1990): https://www.congress.gov/101/statute/STATUTE-104/STATUTE-104-Pg4978.pdf

• Filipino Veterans Equity Bill (2008): https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6897/tex

Digital Sources

• Katipunan: Documents and Studies: http://www.kasaysayan-kkk.info

• Motion pictures of Philippine-American War:

  1. “Aguinaldo’s Navy”: https://www.loc.gov/item/98500758/
  2. “25th infantry”: https://www.loc.gov/item/98500744/
  3. “U.S. troops and Red Cross in the Trenches before Caloocan”: https://www.loc.gov/item/98501181/

• Philippine Revolutionary Papers: https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/33743

• C.H. Hanford Photograph Collection of the Philippine-American War: https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/search/searchterm/PH%20COLL%20506/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/order/title

• Extensive collection of primary sources related to U.S.-Philippines (1898-1914): https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/to1914.htm

• Philippine Photographs Digital Archive, University of Michigan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclphilimg?page=index

• Philippine Scouts Heritage Society: https://www.philippinescouts.org

• Philippines Archive Collection: http://collections.pvao.mil.ph

• Wisconsin Philippine Image Collection: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AWIPhilippine

• Bataan Legacy Historical Society : https://bataanlegacy.org/index.html

• Pacific Atrocities Online Archive : https://www.pacificatrocities.org/archives.html

• Naval History and Heritage Command: https://www.history.navy.mil

• Welga Digital Archive, Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies: https://welgadigitalarchive.omeka.net/browse-collections

• Filipino American Library Collection, University of Southern California: https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/Archive/Filipino-American-Library-Collection-2A3BF1WZF4?Flat=1

• Digital Filipiniana, SOAS Online Archive: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/r_phl

• Rita M. Cacas Filipino American Community Archives: https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1423

• eFil, Filipino Digital Archives and History Center of Hawaii: http://www.efilarchives.org/efil_home.htm

• US Army in WWII Series: https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/usaww2.html

• Library of Congress, Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/

• History of U.S. Army’s 1st Filipino Regiment and 2nd Filipino Battalion (with documents): https://history.army.mil//html/topics/apam/filipino_regt/filipino_regt.html

• Philippine Diary Project: https://philippinediaryproject.com

• Rodrick Hall WWII Collection, Filipinas Heritage Library: http://rodhall.filipinaslibrary.org.ph

• Filipino American National Historical Society: http://fanhs-national.org/filam/

• The Digital Collection of the National WWII Museum: https://www.ww2online.org

• The Pakinggan Archive: https://pakingganarchive.omeka.net/

• Librado C. Gonzales Filipino Heritgage Collection: https://hrc.csub.edu/filipino-heritage-collection

• Rita M. Cacas Filipino American Community Archives, University of Maryland: https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1423