| Date(s) | Significant Occurrence(s) |
| 11/1941 | The Philippines remains a U.S. protectorate; the U.S. State Department does not order civilian evacuations; thousands of U.S. civilians live and/or work in the Philippines |
| 12/7/1941 | Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in Honolulu Hawaii; ports are under threat and travel by boat or plane to and from the Philippines is not feasible for most civilians; within 30 days the Japanese military controls Manila, Philippines |
| 1/4/1942 | Santo Tomas Interment Camp is formed; Japanese soldiers begin rounding up civilian families and delivering them to the internment camp; the U.S. and Red Cross are aware of the camp’s existence |
| 3/27/1942 | The population of the camp is now 3,188 (2,235 Americans; 896 British; 57 others; 1,937 men and 1,251 women) |
| ~2/1944-2/1945 | Severe shortage of food results in starvation conditions for internees |
| 2/3/1945 | Internees liberated by tanks from the U.S. First Cavalry division |
| 2/27/1945 | The U.S. regains full control of the City of Manila, Philippines |
| 4/9/1945 | Internees of Santo Tomas Internment Camp taken by boat to the United States |
| Jan/Feb 2015 | A group of approximately 20 internment camp survivors return to Manila Philippines celebrating 70 years since their liberation |