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First Flag, Corregidor Liberation, 80th Anniversary

US 48 Star Flag raised on the 16th Feb. 1945 on Corregodr and at the 80th Anniversary. 1st Flag 1945-02-16 by PIR 503d Troopers of the 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment who raised the US flag on a power pole 1945-02-16 on the first day of the assault. Over the years the pole has disappeared. […]

Great Raid, ABMC, 80th Anniversary, Cabanatuan, 1 Feb. 2025

The Great Raid 80th Anniversary Commemoration was conducted on the 1st Feb. 2025 because it was a Saturday. The Commemoration was organized by the American Battle Monument Commission at the American POW Memorial in Cabanatuan. Friends and I participated and took these pictures. It was well done, well participated and it was a solemn event. […]

Gen. King, Bataan Surrender Memorial Marker

Bataan, Gen. King Surrender Marker A01. This image came from the former Battling Bastards of Bataan (BBB) web pages from when it was established. The Gen. King Marker sign is gone for many years now and I don’t know the reason. —————————————————- This Bataan Surrender Memorial Marker was established here in Lamao by the Battling […]

Death March Marker Zero in Mariveles 15 Dec. 2014

#05 picture shows the Iconic Marker of a Fallen Soldier or Serviceman with WWI helmet which the Allied Soldier wore in the Philippines in the defense of the islands. —————————————— The Researcher and spouse of the book Relentless Hope visited the Philippines and we teamed up to visit historical places on Luzon. We stopped at […]

You Tube @seftv, Carabao Island, ex Ft. Frank, drone shots

———————————————————————————————– These are drone shots from: “Exploring this Massive Sea Fortress in the Philippines”, click here: Hi, my name is JOSEPH PASALO. I make video blogs #VLOGS featuring places and current events.Click here! —————————— This is Karl; I captured these screen shots and share them. ———————————————————————————————- 01 Carabao Island, ex Ft. Frank, from @seftv. This […]

Liberation of the Philippines, 80th Anniversary

#00 Pic. PSHS member Chaplain Don Biadog’s post on Facebook 80 Years ago, in October 1944 the Allied forces in the Pacific were preparing to re-conquer the Philippines and other Pacific Islands from the Imperial Japanese forces. Led by General Douglas MacArthur, the Allies were turning the tide against the Japanese forces. Our Team of […]

Early Corregidor Visits from Various Sources

#6 pictures shows an AA gun and I assume it was a Japanese one; I saw a similar gun frame on Corregidor but it was for two firing barrels. But I never saw this 3 barrel gun anywhere. The picture was original labeled: “SBM1962 Corregidor AA Gun”. ——- Established this album to post picture of […]

US Navy Diving in the Viet Nam tropics.

This is one of eight images of a salvage job of a WWII sunk ship on the left bank of the Danang River, down-town Danang in 1967. It was conducted by the Harbor Clearance Unit One (HCU-1). Our Naval Support Activity Danang Diving Barge and crew helped. The purpose was to clear this mooring site […]

The Great White Fleet in Manila Bay and early WWII images.

Great White Fleet passing Corregidor 1. It is now clear what the American public was seeing in newspapers in December 1941 to show American forces in the Philippines was actually a photo from 33 years earlier when the American Great White Fleet was making a world tour in late 1908 to showcase American Naval power. Image […]

Barretto Bypass Road Update 2nd Aug. 2024

Image #25: Images #17 to #27 are views of descending from the 2nd Ridge-Cut to the end of this about 800 meter Barretto Bypass Road segment. It appears another pipe culvert is required, some drainage damage occurred and indeed it seems this is work about this segment only and no further advance is going on […]