Central Luzon – Philippine-Sailor

Category: Central Luzon

This category describes different geographic places in Central Luzon. I live in Olongapo, Zambales and the provinces of Central Luzon are close and are visited most often by me. So much material from this area will be shown here.

Subic Bay, Zambales Views with a friend 2025

#P14. #P13 to #P16 Pictures are views of Subic Bay from the Barrio Cawag View Point at the North End of the bay. The pictures are shot from left to right. In July 2025 Paul Whitman, the Corregidor.org Webmaster stopped by and we drove around. Visited Bob Hudson, Subic Bay and the Santo Tomas […]

Capas Death March Monument in 2024

#C05 picture is a front view of the Capas Death March Monument. —————————————————————– 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 […]

Mt. Samat & Shrine Random Stories & Pictures, 1st Album

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 […]

Capas National Shrine, POW Camp O’Donnell, 2024-12-19

#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 […]

Death March Markers, Capas to O’Donnell, #106 to #112

#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, […]

Joint Tribute To All Filipino Heroes, 2025-04-10

#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 […]

Capas Railroad Station, Death March Landmark

#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) […]

“Hour of the Great Rescue” Sundial Monument and Museum

“Hour of the Great Rescue” Sundial and Museum (Great Raid at Camp Pangatian, Cabanatuan City Memorial Shrine WWII) January 30, 1945, Memorare, I’m starting this webpage in four sections, it will take time. This is Section One, 6 images from Wikipedia Commons, shot when the memorial was still in good shape. Section two is […]

The Cabu Bridge during the Great Raid

The actions by the Filipino Guerrillas and the support of the Filipino People were an outstanding demonstration to fight for freedom. That is what draws me back to this bridge to remind me of WWII History. I participated at the 80th Anniversary of the Great Raid at the American Memorial in Cabanatuan nearby and had […]

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. […]