#C05 picture is a front view of the Capas Death March Monument.
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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 took. So, on the 9th Sep. 2025 I decided to have a look and take some pictures.
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#C01 & #C02 pictures are to great aerial shots of the Capas Death March Monument from the Facebook page Virtual Tour’s Post, click here:
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#C03 is a Google Graph indicating the location of the shrine and monument.
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#C04 to #C07 pictures show the front view of the Capas Death March Monument.
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#C08 to #C11 pictures show the rear view of the Capas Death March Monument.
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#C12 & #C13 pictures show that the Capas Death March Monument is also used as a park and students from nearby are hanging out here during breaks.
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#C14 to #C17 pictures are views of and from the Capas Death March Monument fence along the Gen. MacArthur Highway.
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#C18 & #C19 pictures present history of the American POWs Death March in the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army. In the former Philippine Army Camp O’Donnell the Japanese placed the Americans and other Westerners on the North side of the Camp O’Donnell Road. Many American died there and Americans were able to build this cross in 1942 (pic #C18). The Battling Bastards of Bataan were able to move it to the United States and build a replica cross at this monument at the Capas National Shrine (pic #C19).
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#C20 & #C21 pictures present history of the Filipino POWs Death March in the hands of the Imperial Japanese Army. In the former Philippine Army Camp O’Donnell the Japanese placed the Filipinos in the South side of the Camp O’Donnell Road. Thousands and thousands Filipinos died. WWII pictures show this monument (pic #C20) on the Filipino POW side but I don’t know the history, I tried to find the history but was not successful. Picture #C21 shows the present Philippine POW Monument at Capas National Shrine. In my opinion that seems to the same monument as in the WWII picture.
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#C22 & #C23 pictures show the Capas National Shrine and some land marks mentioned in this album.
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#C24 & #C25 pictures are of the POW Death March Philippine National Historical Commission Monument and Marker. They are located at the former Capas Philippine National Railroad Station. This monument and marker are often included, referenced in other internet presentations about the Capas Death March Monument to document what happened on the Death March. The Capas Death March Marker does not have any plaques about the Death March, only the Monument!
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