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 […]
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#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 […]
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#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 […]
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#W53 to #W78 pictures are of the obelisk, the wall with the names, the plaques and the grounds next to this Wall and Obelisk WWII Death March Memorial. The Capas National Shrine, located in the area of the former WWII POW Camp O’Donnell, was visited by friends on the 19th Dec. 2024 and we […]
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#W01 to #W05 images are of DMM #106 at the Capas Railroad Station and #W02 is a Google Earth graph, marked up for the DMM location, from the Capas Rail Road Station to the POW Camp O’Donnell. The sponsor for this Death-March-Marker (DMM) is the Battling Bastards of Bataan Association. ————————————————————- After the Allied POWs, […]
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#V08 image is the Death March Boxcar at Capas National Shrine. Filipino American Memorial Endowment, Inc. (FAME) has a page for this boxcar, click here: ———————————————————————- Joint Tribute To All Filipino Heroes at the Capas National Shrine on the 10th April 2025. It was only one of many commemorations held in the annual Philippine […]
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#01. The Capas Philippine National Railroad (PNR) Station before WWII, captured from the Internet. ———————————————————— The Capas Railroad Station was a landmark in the WWII Death March. From Wikipedia: Upon arrival at the San Fernando railhead, prisoners were stuffed into sweltering; brutally hot metal box cars for the one-hour trip to Capas, in 43 °C (110 °F) […]
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Battery Hall on Grande Island ———————————————————— The researcher of the new book “Relentless Hope: A True Story of War and Survival, by David L. Britt” came from the USA to visit; an Australian friend wanted to make his first visit, so, we all teamed up and visited Grande Island, the ex Fort Wint. It is […]
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#S20 image. #S18 to #S21 images show the small existing road connecting to the Olongapo-Zambales Highway; also called the Olongapo-Bugallon Rd. which now it seems is going to be part of the Barretto Bypass Road. This road construction sign was posted at the beginning of the small existing road. #S20 image was shot on the […]
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#P13 image is one of the first 3 pictures of our return ride, leaving Grande Island. #P13 shows the former US Army, Ft. Wint Wharf as we depart. #P14 shows Camayan Point, the former ammunition wharf but is now a beach resort and the famous Ocean Adventure Park. #P15 image shows the former Nabasan […]
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