In their analysis, a trio of British historians have likened the Battle for Manila to "a Greek tragedy ... the Americans to reluctantly use major artillery to dislodge them.

More than seven decades after the war, the Manila Central Post Office caught fire again, leaving those working inside it ...

With a garrison of 240 men from the US Army's 59th Coastal Artillery ... fort after the battle, but no effort was made to repair or replace them. The Americans returned to Manila nearly three ...