The Philippine city of Surigao in the northeastern tip of Mindanao island held commemorative events on Thursday for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Surigao Strait during World War II.Prayers were offered and wreaths were laid at a section of a public school identified as cremation site for up to some 500 Japanese naval personnel and soldiers who died when American forces, out to regain the Philippines from Japan, conducted air raids in Surigao beginning September 1944."Some fell on the battlefields worrying about the future of their homeland. Others perished in remote foreign countrie…READ FULL ARTICLE
