'Message to the People of the Philippines From President Osmena' letter

Title

'Message to the People of the Philippines From President Osmena' letter

Description

A letter from Filipino President, Sergio Osmena, to the Filipino people during World War II. The letter was probably written soon after his return to the Philippine Islands with General Douglas MacArthur in October, 1944. The letter praises the Filipino people for their loyalty to freedom during the dark days of the war. He states that their loyalty has proven to the United States that they deserve their own sovereign nation. The date of their independence will come as soon as the war has ended, and the Japanese has been expelled. He is optimistic that this will come before the previous date of independence set by the Tydings-McDuffie Act. That act set the date for the Filipino independence as July 4th, 1946. This is one item from a scrapbook of propaganda leaflets and related materials that was compiled by the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. The scrapbook belonged to Colonel Karl F. Baldwin of the United States Army, who helped establish the propaganda program. It contains approximately 200 pieces of propaganda, mostly in Japanese, that were intended for distribution in the Philippines, Japan, and other nearby areas.

Creator

Osmeña, Sergio, 1878-1963

Date

1944-1945

Is Part Of

Psychological Warfare Branch Scrapbook of American Propaganda Leaflets (MS.70)

Language

English

Identifier

PUA_MS70_010

Subject

Leaflets dropped from aircraft

World War, 1939-1945--Philippines--Sources

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Spatial Coverage

Philippines

Type

Still Image