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Biak-na-Bato NationalPark

Biak-na-Bato National Park I live in the Philippines and its history interests me. On the 26th Feb. 2018 friends and I visited the province of Bulacan. Our first stop was the Biak-na-Bato National Park. Obliviously it is a large site and we only checked on the location, because we had other goals. But we made […]

2018 April Visit to Corregidor

2018 April visit to Corregidor My visit was 2 days long, 6th to 8th April 2018; I left early on the 8th. The purpose was to meet friends from the Valor Tour organization and a former Peace Corps Volunteer. I generated 13 subject albums such one of the Philippine Veterans Week. This 14th Album is […]

Infantry Point-Tunnel and Magazine

This tunnel is near the Infantry Point, is concrete lined, is not on any map and I say, it is a substantial size tunnel. It was most likely also a Magazine. We do not know the history of it. The storage chamber at the middle entrance has a no-smoking sign in Filipino, so it was […]

Officer Beach 2018-04-06

Officer Beach, a revisit, my friend Mike Ross pointed out a trail that went to the Officer Beach on Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills. This trail runs along a ridgeline that divides the Officer Beach, then it descends to the Officer Beach Road from there are steps all the way down to the beach. […]

Corregidor Officer Beach Suicide Boat Tunnels 2018-April 6th.

Za910. Corregidor Officer Beach with 3 Japanese built Suicide Boat Tunnels. Za910. Corregidor Officer Beach. 001., the former Fort Mills, a view from a boat. The Japanese built 3 Suicide Boat Tunnels at the west end of the beach. Za911. My GPS Track at the Officers Beach with the Japanese Suicide Boat Tunnels on Corregidor, […]

Tribute to Filipino Heroes on Corregidor 7th April, 2018

Tribute to Filipino Heroes on Corregidor 7th April, 2018 As part of the Philippine Veterans Week April 5 to 11, 2018, on April 7, 2018 Tribute to all Filipino Heroes is observed on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. The site of the Tribute is at the Filipino Heroes Memorial. The advance party to set up […]

Phil-Military lands on Corregidor 2018 April, the 6th.

As part of the Philippine Veterans Week April 5 to 11, 2018, on April 7, 2018 Tribute to all Filipino Heroes is observed on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. The site of the Tribute is at the Filipino Heroes Memorial. The advance party to set up things landed on the 6th of April, it was […]

Bataan Day 2018 April 9th

Za866. The 76th Anniversary of Bataan Day, Araw ng Kagitingan at Mount Samat National Shrine, Pilar, Bataan, 2018-04-09. The ceremony is over; The VIP Imee Marcos received the biggest applause. —————————————— The 76th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan was remembered and commemorated on Mt. Samat. Today this solemn day is called; Araw ng Kagitingan […]

76th Philippine Veterans Week April 5-11, 2018

Every year, for many years, the Philippines remember their veterans. This year I became more intensively aware of it.When I visited Corregidor Island between the 6th and 8th of April 2018 I learned that there was a commemoration to the Filipino Veterans on the 7th of April at the Filipino Heroes Memorial on Corregidor Island. […]

60th Anniversary, Liberation of Corregidor

Paratroopers present Corregidor to Gen MacArthur. On the 2nd of Mar 1945 General MacArthur presided over the ceremony of recapturing Corregidor. In 2005, at many sites, the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Philippines was observed. My Family was invited by the US Embassy Anniversary Project Officer to attend. This album is about the […]