If one were to ask what misconceptions
we have of World War II
and if I have to mention three
I'd say one of the misconceptions first is that
In on all my research, I found out that
most of them were workers, they were laborers.
Second misconception I think is that
Even if the Philippines were not an American colony
at that time,
as they did in other countries like in Thailand.
We think only of the bad side of war usually
we think of the massacres,
we think of the "Makapili"
we think of the spies
that is true.
But when you look at
what we experienced during the war
and while the worst was brought out during the war
what I've been looking at in these last decades
has been the good side of people
how we managed to survive
not just the Filipinos but even the Japanese
there were good Japanese as well
there were good Americans
in that period of the worst of people
and if we highlight that
to bring that to the present
as instructions
as examples for us to follow
into the future.
