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Media Category: La Union

Pictures from this province

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Zf852. This is a prewar image of infamous L-shaped pier where the POWs had to enter the small boats to be transferred to the Japanese ships for movement out of the Philippines. The pier is high and the boats were low; the POWs had to jump or were pushed by the Japanese soldiers causing numerous […]

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Zf851. This photo combination, very interestingly shows how the land-marks from a 2022 Google Earth image (the middle one) with two different images from about 1945 (the bottom and the top one) compare. This work was done by the main researcher, John Duresky, of the authors of the book: : RELENTLESS HOPE – A True […]

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Zf849. The authors of the book: Relentless Hope-A True Story of War and Survival report this image of San Fernando, La Union to be shot in 1945. This is a great shot of the Poro Point Peninsular neck. Notice the two camp sites at right, one of tents, the other barracks.

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Zf848. To me this is the best picture of the bunch, it shows the whole San Fernando, La Union area and the authors marked the picture with the relevant geographic points and the timeline of the transshipment of the Oryoku Maru POWs in Dec. 1944.

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Zf847. The authors of the book: Relentless Hope-A True Story of War and Survival report this image of San Fernando, La Union was shot 1n 1945. or maybe it is prewar. We are looking north.

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Zf846. A zoomed in section of a US Army 1944 map of San Fernando in La Union; it shows the neck of the Poro Peninsular which was the location where the Oryoku Maru POWs transshipped to other ships in San Fernando, La Union. This map image has been marked-up by the authors of the book: […]

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Zf845. A US Army 1944 map of San Fernando in La Union; this is the location where the Oryoku Maru POWs transshipped in San Fernando, La Union.

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Zc226. The letter from Lieutenant General Robert Louis Caslen Jr., the Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, West Point NY answered granting the request to return the San Pedro bell.

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Zc225. Lieutenant General Robert Louis Caslen Jr., the Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, West Point NY answered and granted the request. The bell was returned!

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Zc224. RearAdmiral Dan McKinnon, SC, USN, Retired, I believe he started his active duty in the Navy in 1956 and retired in 1991. I read that in 2016 that he was 82 years young. He is really a most outstanding individual that in his age he was able to motivate our Representatives and Senators to pass the law to accept responsibility for the cemetery