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Visit Corregidor from Bataan.

Zf549. The Three Amigos. We visited Corregidor between the 14th and 18th of Feb. 2022 to commemorate the raising of the first US Flag on Corregidor by the Rock Force, the paratroopers in particular after the surrender of the Philippines to the invading Imperial Japanese Military. We called this event: “First Flag, 16th Feb. 1945 […]

Corregidor VIP visitors

Zf539. President Clinton apparently visited on the 17th Nov 1994 according to this picture, displayed in the Admin Building on Corregidor. I don’t know what the occasion was. I do know he was in the Philippines again in 1996 for the APEC Meeting in Subic Bay. ————————————————— Not only ordinary people visit Corregidor, VIPs also like […]

SBFZ Fence around the Familiar Peak on SBFZ 2022-01-21

Zf510. (007) this is one of 13 images in the above album about my track of this -along the SBFZ Fence around the Familiar Peak- walk from Google Earth and my Garmin account and they give other relevant information. In new Cabalan I forgot to safe my GPS track, so the last 2 km of […]

Other WWII Bataan Memorials & Plaques #1

Zf500. GEN. KING SURRENDER MARKER AT LAMAO, BATAAN, Picture # X360 posted in the below linked URL on the 28th April, 2015 entry. ————————————— This album, webpage is for some other WWII memorials & plaques in Bataan, —————————————- Five other memorials/plaques in Bataan! My friend Roger Davis, a member of the Coastal Defense Study Group […]

Navy Tidbits #1

Zf495. USS NORTH CAROLINA BB-55 was launched June 13, 1941 She was the first major combatant ship without portholes in the hull. CURRENT LOCATION: west bank of Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina. Here is an interesting link from the National Park Service, click here: —————————————————– This page was started to offer Navy tidbits, general […]

Subic Bay Area Random Shots Oct.-Dec. 2021

Zf481. 004 This is one random shot of the Subic Bay area in the Oct.-Dec. 2021 time frame. This is an important item; the Sit n Bull Restaurant in Barangay Barretto moved, it is now along the National Highway, next to the entrance of Dell Pilar Street and in the same complex where the Dryden […]

Subic Bay Area News as of 2022-01-01

—————————————————– Zf470. 211230 up Mt. PLDT, down to Sta. Rita Rv., Old Cabalan 06. This is a panorama view of Subic Bay from the PLDT Mountain. We see New Cabalan that is where the 12 days infamous (hard fighting and many casualties) Zig-Zag Pass Battle was carried out in 1945. ——————————————————– PLDT Mt. to Sta. […]

Corregidor News as of 2021-12-15 until 2022-12-31

Zf455. This is the location of the Corregidor Foundation INC office at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Complex in Manila. Corregidor News from, for this time period. ——————————————— A visit to the Corregidor Foundation Inc. visit on the 15th Dec. 2021. I wanted to try out my new car and the Skyway and […]

First day on Corregidor 2021, Feb. 15th pg. 1 of 2.

Zf225; that is where I make my left turn coming from the right on from the Roman Bataan Express way and enter the old National Road. Villa Carmen is to the right, about 1 km from here, just before Death March Marker Km Stone 15. It seems to be threatened by road construction/widening. —————————————————- When […]

Willibald Bill C Bianchi, a Casualty of WWII, Hell Ship Enoura Maru

Zf402. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Willibald Charles Bianchi[1] (March 12, 1915 – January 9, 1945) was an officer in the Philippine Scouts who received the Medal of Honor for actions in Bataan, Philippines during that country’s capitulation to Japanese forces during World War II. After the action near Bagac in the Bataan Province, Bianchi […]