Heiwa Boulevard

Heiwa Boulevard

Two American soldiers replace the Japanese street name of Dewey Boulevard in Manila. The Japanese decreed the replacement of American street names with Japanese names at the beginning of their occupation of the country in 1942.


Mar-45


World War II in the Pacific/Japanese Occupation of the Philippines 1941-1945

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