The World - News from Nov. 25, 1985
President Ferdinand E. Marcos launched a citizens’ military training program, saying it will form the Philippines’ “second line of defense” against foreign aggression. Marcos, the 20-year strongman whose government has battled Communist-led and Muslim insurgents, recalled the Japanese invasion of the former U.S. colony during World War II in implementing plans for a militia force.
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