Kamikaze statue in Mabalacat, When was the last time Filipinos were honored in Japan? Options

[silangan]

wasn't there was puppet government by the japanese?

If there was, it should be in history books. I think there was the so called Japanese sponsored government. And the president, if I'm not mistaken was Roxas. I'm not so sure about it by the way. I've forgotten much of Philippine history.

Anyway when we were kids we played with lots of Japanese money. It was not actually Japanese money but Philippine money during the Japanese time. My grand uncle was a soldier with USAFFE and he got almost a sack full of this money. We played with it. If I'm not mistaken, I think Jose Rizal's picture was on it, in his Luneta picture. On some of those paper money were handwritten in ink the word "victory". My grand uncle already passed, but my cousins still keep those including some WW 2 paraphernalia, A bayonet, a rifle, soldier's drinking canteens and cooking wares, a foldable sleeping canvass. The bayonet had a grove on the side.

[Lakas101]

If there was, it should be in history books. I think there was the so called Japanese sponsored government. And the president, if I'm not mistaken was Roxas. I'm not so sure about it by the way. I've forgotten much of Philippine history.

Anyway when we were kids we played with lots of Japanese money. It was not actually Japanese money but Philippine money during the Japanese time. My grand uncle was a soldier with USAFFE and he got almost a sack full of this money. We played with it. If I'm not mistaken, I think Jose Rizal's picture was on it, in his Luneta picture. On some of those paper money were handwritten in ink the word "victory". My grand uncle already passed, but my cousins still keep those including some WW 2 paraphernalia, A bayonet, a rifle, soldier's drinking canteens and cooking wares, a foldable sleeping canvass. The bayonet had a grove on the side.

It was Laurel.

I actually have a Japanese 100-fiat Peso in my wallet. He also had the Post-Japanese occupation currency, that was minted in the U.S. (not sure what they were called). The face is kinda worn out but you can tell the year and stuff. Man, I wish I kept more of those fiat-Pesos.

[Libertador]

.... He also had the Post-Japanese occupation currency, that was minted in the U.S. (not sure what they were called). The face is kinda worn out but you can tell the year and stuff. Man, I wish I kept more of those fiat-Pesos.

The Japanese occupation pesos are nice to have, but the U.S. era coins (pre-commonwealth, commonwealth and post liberation era) are much more valuable. These have higher silver content in them than any of the coins which came after.

I've met the sculptor and prime protagonist of the Mabalacat monument for kamikaze pilots. He happens to be the son a national artist who was a contemporary of Tolentino and Amorsolo. He himself is a noted artist.

It seems that during the japanese occupation when he was a young boy, the japanese pilots who were stationed in Mabalacat befriended him. He was even made the "mascot" of that japanese air squadron. Of course he knows the terrible things which many other japanese militarymen had done during the war, but as far as he was concerned the men who flew those suicide missions out of mabalacat were different people altogether.