Recorded Lectures
WWII Campus Talk:
Busting Myths About General Douglas MacArthur
Few generals have achieved a status as great and as iconic as General Douglas MacArthur. Those who knew him well sing praises about him, but some sectors have branded the general as narcissistic and egotistical. A lot of myths have surfaced about the General, but which of these are true, and which ones are not?
The 2022 World War II Lecture Series
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Guest Lecturer: Dr. Ricardo T. Jose, Professor of History at the University of the Philippines - Diliman
An overview of WW2 in the Philippines from the years leading up to the war, the atrocious years of the Japanese Occupation, and the eventual liberation of the country in 1945.
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Guest Lecturer: Hampton Sides, author of "Ghost Soldiers" and "The Great Raid"
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Guest Lecturer: James Scott, author of "Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and The Battle of Manila"
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Guest Lecturer: Cecilia Gaerlan, founder of the Bataan Legacy Historical Society
Click here to watch Episode 4 on YouTube
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Guest Lecturer: Peter Parsons, filmmaker, writer, and former professor. Son of Commander Chick Parsons
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Guest Lecturer: Glen Williford, author of "Pacific Rampart: A History of Corregidor and the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bay"
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Guest Lecturer: Mike Baños, writer and journalist
While not a strategic objective of the US Eight Army's plan to retake Mindanao in 1945, the Liberation of Cagayan de Oro came about due to confluence of planned events. With US air and naval support, Filipino Gurillas of the 10th Military District under Col. Wendell W. Fertig wrested the regional capital of Northern Mindanao on May 12, 1945 from garrison troops of the Imperial Japanese Army's 35th Panther Division.
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Guest Lecturer: Dr. Jobers Reynes Bersales, Director of the USC Museum, and Professor at the USC Dept. of Anthropolgy, Sociology, and History
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Guest Lecturer: Richard Foye, author of "Foye and the Filipinos", son of pilot William Foye
On October 18, 1944, on his 23rd mission, Navy pilot Ensign William Foye of the USS Enterprise was forced to bail out as his plane was shot by the Japanese over Los Banos, Laguna. Guerrillas of the PQOG and the civilians of the town saved, hid and, protected Foye for 3 and a half months, and paid a terrible price, as atrocious reprisals were carried out by the Japanese on the local population. Join us in this incredible story of courage, sacrifice, and luck, as Richard Foye, Ensign William Foye's son recount his father's odyssey in the jungles and towns of Southern Luzon.
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Guest Lecturer: Aaron Ricardo Veloso, Church Historian