 Manuel Quezon akasarudzwa kuva Mutungamiriri wePhilippines kwenguva yechipiri pana November 11, 1941. Papera mazuva 27 chete, mauto eJapan akapinda muPhilippines uye hondo iyi yakazozivikanwa seHondo yePhilippines. Musi waMarch 27, 1942, Quezon nehurumende yake vakatiza muPhilippines sezvo mitsetse yokupedzisira yokuzvidzivirira yeAmerica nePhilippines yakasvika pakuparara. Akaenda kuUnited States musi waMay 9, 1942, ndokutanga hurumende yokudzingwa ikoko. Quezon akanga achirwara zvikuru netibhii, zvisinei, uye akafira munzvimbo yokurapa muSaranac Lake, New York, pana August 1, 1944. Mutumbi wake wakaiswa muMaine Mast Memorial kusvikira wagona kudzorerwa kuPhilippines yakasunungurwa. 