The Liberation Of The Philippines : The Steep Price of Freedom
Sat, Sep 28
|Fromm Conference Center
Free for All Students, Grade 11 History Teachers & USF Faculty (Free with Registration & ID).
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2019, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Fromm Conference Center , 2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA
About the event
The 5th Conference on WWII in the Philippines (The Liberation of the Philippines - The Steep Price of Freedom) will take place on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the University of San Francisco's Fromm Conference Center. Among the featured speakers will be Award-Winning Authors James Hornfischer & Walter Borneman, Professor Bernard Karganilla & Professor Jose Custodio (Univ. of the Philippines) and Professor Mark Hull of the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth. Keynote speaker will be Admiral William Fallon, USN (Ret.), Chair of the Naval Historical Foundation and former Commander of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Pacific Command. Conference Chair for 2019 is Maj. General Eldon Regua, USA (Ret.), former Deputy Commander of the U.S. 8th Army. Topics will include:
Role of Filipino & American Guerrillas before and during the Liberation
Leyte Landing
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Zonification & War Crimes