Upon receiving this news and the beginning of United States involvement in World War II, McMillin ordered the evacuation of various civilian populations, the jailing of all Japanese nationals on the island, and churches, banks, and schools closed.
In 1942 Evans moved to University of Rochester's Institute of Optics and developed optics for the military effort.
After the liberation by combined Filipino-American troops in Zambales in 1945, it was developed into a Fifth Air Force command facility as well as an operational airfield.
The Victory Corps was an American program during the Second World War that provided training to male and female high school students.
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