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                    [ArticleID] => 1963538
                    [Title] => Honoring stories of courage
                    [Summary] => For over 70 years, the relationship between the Philippines and the US has remained solid, forged in the fire of battle when Filipinos and Americans fought together during World War II.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-27 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136027
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805581
                    [AuthorName] => Babe Romualdez
                    [SectionName] => Allure
                    [SectionUrl] => allure
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/10/26/honouring-courgae-3_2019-10-26_17-50-10_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1493708
                    [Title] => Remembering the ‘Greatest Generation’ war heroes of 70 years ago
                    [Summary] => 

Out of the darkness and chaos of war often also come the most inspiring and shining moments of human courage, self-sacrifice, nobility of spirit and integrity; that’s why many of the great poems, movies and even poetry are inspired by warriors of the past and their battles.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-29 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804897 [AuthorName] => Wilson Lee Flores [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1269129 [Title] => US, Manila ink pact to repair ash-covered cemetery in Clark [Summary] =>

U.S. and Philippine officials signed an agreement Monday for Washington to restore a cemetery north of Manila where the graves of thousands of American service members and dependents have been covered in ash since Mount Pinatubo's 1991 eruption.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-17 08:30:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1390313 [AuthorName] => Jim Gomez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4329/7ykv.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250851 [Title] => Crusade for dead seen to bear $5-M US funding [Summary] =>

At the Clark Veterans Cemetery in this former US military base, the living’s crusade for the dead is alive and will likely come to a $5-million fruition.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245680 [Title] => American Cemetery closed due to US gov’t shutdown [Summary] =>

The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City was temporarily closed to the public due to the recent shutdown of the United States government.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 892229 [Title] => Clark cemetery soon under US gov’t agency [Summary] =>

President Obama is expected to sign soon a law placing the 20-acre Clark cemetery in this freeport, which used to be a US Air Force base, under the responsibility of the American Battle Monuments Commission.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img210/5701/nat2newthumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 625359 [Title] => Mysterious lights hovering over tombs at Clark cemetery? [Summary] =>

Because the well-manicured Clark cemetery never really had a traditional “sepulturero (grave­digger),” no one has really compiled ghost stories from this place.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4461/nat2thumb.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 584953 [Title] => US envoy to visit 'neglected' Clark cemetery [Summary] =>

US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. is slated to visit today the Clark cemetery in this former US Air Force base following an appeal from US war veterans for the US federal government to provide regular funds for its upgrade and maintenance.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 580668 [Title] => Call for US government to administer Clark cemetery gaining support [Summary] =>

The US media and other US-based supporters have taken the cudgels for American and Filipino war veterans in their campaign for the US government to take responsibility for the rehabilitation and upkeep of a historic cemetery in this former US Air Force base.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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