The Philippines during the outbreak of WWII was a Commonwealth of the United States. And when President Franklin Roosevelt declared war against Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the ravages of war did not come to the United States. Instead, the war was fought in the Commonwealth of the Philippines where thousands of Filipino and American soldiers died and a million civilians perished. It is part of American/World history and therefore, should be part of this curriculum.

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