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Capas Railroad Station, 2024-12-19

#10 image. # 10 to #13 Capas Railroad Station. These 4 pictures are of the front, the street arrival side of the Capas rail road station. It looks pretty good; the false ceiling seems to be intact. I know in the past the BBB donated money to get it in good shape and open a […]

Port Dizon in Subic Bay?

Port Dizon #05 picture, the storage bins at Port Dizon for the ore to be shipped out. This picture is over 20 years old. ———————————————————- Port Dizon in Subic Bay? How many of our sailors knew that there was a Dizon Mine and a Port Dizon in our Subic Bay neighborhood? So, I collected […]

February 2020 Corregidor Trip

John Moffitt’s pic #13 The trip was to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 503d PRCT airborne assault onto Corregidor. This was the start to retaking the island from the Japanese on February 16th, 1945. What made the trip memorable was the presence of the last remaining paratrooper who jumped on Corregidor that day. Dick […]

19 WWII Reliefs & 18 USAFFE Insignias at Mt. Samat Shrine

#MS57 picture shows the Philippine Division Insignia; this is the bronze insignia on the Mt. Samat Shrine Colonnade. The Philippine Division had the all American Soldier 31st Inf. Regiment and all the other regiments were manned by Filipinos as Philippine Scouts. ——————————————- At the Mt Samat Shrine, besides the Memorial Cross, the Colonnade is the […]

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 […]