sailor_admin – Philippine-Sailor

Author: sailor_admin

Diving Job on the Hoi An River in Viet Nam

#1967HoiAnRiverJob00 picture shows the Navy LCM-8 Landing craft on the Hoi An River or Song Thu Bon River we often had to repair under water. We are on the North Bank of the river. ——————————————————————- I served almost 3 years in Da Nang I Corps, and one of those years as a diver on the […]

Death March Marker Zero at Mariveles Oct. 2025

#M05 picture is a unique historical marker that says the US Army was here. I don’t know the history of this marker as to where it was found and how it got here. This is how it looked a few years ago.A US Army marker at the Death March Marker Shrine KM Zero (0) at […]

Mt. Samat, from Gate to Cross 241220

#C17 picture shows our walk up to the cross area continues, we see of a viewing spot towards the west coast of Bataan with a weapon. We have clear view of the cross. —————————————————————- Visited the Mt. Samat Shrine with friends on the 20th Dec. 2024. This album is about our walk from the gate […]

Subic Bay, Zambales Views with a friend 2025

#P14. #P13 to #P16 Pictures are views of Subic Bay from the Barrio Cawag View Point at the North End of the bay. The pictures are shot from left to right. In July 2025 Paul Whitman, the Corregidor.org Webmaster stopped by and we drove around. Visited Bob Hudson, Subic Bay and the Santo Tomas […]

Capas Death March Monument in 2024

#C05 picture is a front view of the Capas Death March Monument. —————————————————————– Long before the Capas National Shrine was established, Philippine Authorities built the Capas Death March Monument along Gen. MacArthur Highway. And long before the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway was built I have visited Capas Monument and over past decades I lost the pictures I […]

Hellships Memorial Webpage is active again.

This is the home page. ——————————————————————— Hellships Memorial Webpage is active again. Rediscovered it in 2025, click here for the URL! ————————————————————————— It has a list of about 13 sunken Japanese ships with POWs and their history in individual web pages. Here are two! -Oryoku Maru: Hell Ships Memorial #2, Oryoku Maru The Oryoku Maru was […]

Hell Ships Memorial Plaques in Subic Bay 2025-08-05

#HSP21a pic is the plaque, called WWII Hell Ships Roll Call of Nations and remembers all nations which suffered from the Japanese aggression. This is how it looked when it was dedicated in 2009. ————————————————– I noticed new plaques have been placed at the Hell Ships Memorial in Subic Bay and decided to document all […]

Mt. Samat & Shrine Random Stories & Pictures, 1st Album

C0. The Mt. Samat Cross in 2008. ———————————————————– This album is for random pictures and stories about and around Mt. Samat. ———————————————————— Mt. Samat Visit in the Rain 22 July 2025 I DECIDED TO SEND THIS AGAIN WITH MORE MEAT! The Corregidor.org webmaster was here from Australia. We had “Orange Rain Warning” for several days […]

Palsabangon, WWII Historical Marker

#A01 & A02 pictures are Google Earth graphs which show where the Palsabangon WWII Historical Marker is located. This is #A01 picture. —————————————————— Every year the family drives to Matnog, the ferry port to Samar on the North Shore of the San Bernardino Strait. Studying the route I saw the indicator for this […]

Bon Ot Big to Genablan Walk 2025-05-19.

#11 Image #05 to #11 images are of the stretch of road from Bon Ot Big to the point where I descend to Barangay Genablan Oriental. We see the lovely coconut areas above the San Bernadino Strait, the road concrete laid has almost reached Genablan, the mouth of the Genablan River and Genablan Occidental on […]