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PRIMARY SOURCES
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Rescission Act of 1946: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/107
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Copy of the U.S. Army Recognition Program of Philippine Guerillas, National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6921767
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Treaty of Paris (1898): https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/sp1898.asp
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Malolos Constitution (1899): https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1899-malolos-constitution/
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Aguinaldo’s Case Against the U.S. (1899): http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/empire/text9/filipino.pdf
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1916 Philippine Autonomy Act (Jones Act): https://aadha.binghamton.edu/items/show/239#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0
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1934 Philippine Independence Act (Tydings-McDuffie): https://aadha.binghamton.edu/items/show/315#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0
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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/
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FDR communication with General Wainwright on Philippine situation in Philippines (May 1942): http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/sign/fdr_44.pdf
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Series of documents on surrender instructions for Wainwright: https://usawc.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=29874469
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Norman Reyes, Radio Broadcast “Bataan Has Fallen”: http://malacanang.gov.ph/1226-bataan-has-fallen/
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Roosevelt Radio Address to the People of the Philippines (1943): http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/msf/msfb0101
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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/
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President Osmeña declaration on active service in the Philipine Army: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1944/10/28/executive-order-no-21-s-1944/
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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/
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Inaugural Address of Manuel Roxas: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1946
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Senate Hearing on the Bell Trade Act (1946): https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/79Hrg.Philippine.pdf
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Luce-Celler Immigration Act (1946): https://aadha.binghamton.edu/items/show/282#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0
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Mutual Defense Treaty (draft) (1951) : https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951v06p1/d95
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G.I. Bill of Rights (1944): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299854
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1940 Nationality Act: https://scholarscollaborative.org/PuertoRico/items/show/102
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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
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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
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INS vs. HIBI (1973): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep414/usrep414005/usrep414005.pdf
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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
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INS vs. Pangilian (1988): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep486/usrep486875/usrep486875.pdf
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International Hotel Anti-Eviction Movement Calendar (1978): http://freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC63_scans/63.Ihotel.calender.full.pdf
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Civil Liberties Act of 1988: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-102/pdf/STATUTE-102-Pg903.pdf
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Immigration Act (1990): https://www.congress.gov/101/statute/STATUTE-104/STATUTE-104-Pg4978.pdf
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Filipino Veterans Equity Bill (2008): https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6897/tex
DIGITAL SOURCES
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Katipunan: Documents and Studies: http://www.kasaysayan-kkk.info
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Motion pictures of Philippine-American War:
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“Aguinaldo’s Navy”: https://www.loc.gov/item/98500758/
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“25th infantry”: https://www.loc.gov/item/98500744/
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“U.S. troops and Red Cross in the Trenches before Caloocan”: https://www.loc.gov/item/98501181/
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Philippine Revolutionary Papers: https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/33743
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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
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Extensive collection of primary sources related to U.S.-Philippines (1898-1914): https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/to1914.htm
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Philippine Photographs Digital Archive, University of Michigan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclphilimg?page=index
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Philippine Scouts Heritage Society: https://www.philippinescouts.org
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Philippines Archive Collection: http://collections.pvao.mil.ph
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Wisconsin Philippine Image Collection: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AWIPhilippine
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Bataan Legacy Historical Society : https://bataanlegacy.org/index.html
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Pacific Atrocities Online Archive : https://www.pacificatrocities.org/archives.html
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Naval History and Heritage Command: https://www.history.navy.mil
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Welga Digital Archive, Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies: https://welgadigitalarchive.omeka.net/browse-collections
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Filipino American Library Collection, University of Southern California: https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/Archive/Filipino-American-Library-Collection-2A3BF1WZF4?Flat=1
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Digital Filipiniana, SOAS Online Archive: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/r_phl
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Rita M. Cacas Filipino American Community Archives: https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1423
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eFil, Filipino Digital Archives and History Center of Hawaii: http://www.efilarchives.org/efil_home.htm
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US Army in WWII Series: https://history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/collect/usaww2.html
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Library of Congress, Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/
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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
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Philippine Diary Project: https://philippinediaryproject.com
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Rodrick Hall WWII Collection, Filipinas Heritage Library: http://rodhall.filipinaslibrary.org.ph
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Filipino American National Historical Society: http://fanhs-national.org/filam/
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The Digital Collection of the National WWII Museum: https://www.ww2online.org
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The Pakinggan Archive: https://pakingganarchive.omeka.net/
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Librado C. Gonzales Filipino Heritgage Collection: https://hrc.csub.edu/filipino-heritage-collection
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Rita M. Cacas Filipino American Community Archives, University of Maryland: https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1423
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