Zf539. President Clinton apparently visited on the 17th Nov 1994 according to this picture, displayed in the Admin Building on Corregidor. I don’t know what the occasion was. I do know he was in the Philippines again in 1996 for the APEC Meeting in Subic Bay.
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Not only ordinary people visit Corregidor, VIPs also like to have a look at this famous place of history. I have come across a few pictures of VIP visits and like to share them.
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Zf540. Pres. Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, 1956 (Black & White picture); Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos and Pres. Kurt Waldheim of Austria, 1976 (color picture).
The above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page; it is this URL, click here.
Zf541 The above Facebook entry also had these comments. The above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page; it is this URL, click here.
Here are the two picture copies from the above Facebook enty:
Zf542. Pres. Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, 1956 (Black & White picture); the above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page, which is linked above.
Zf543 Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos and Pres. Kurt Waldheim of Austria, 1976 (color picture): the above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page, which is linked above.
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A Very Special Local Historian Lady
Zf547. Lady Edna Binkowski at Battery Hearn in 1988
Edna Binkowski is an author, historian, a community activist in matters of history of the Philippines and WWII and has been a long time resident of Bataan. She is present at most history commemoration events on the Luzon Island.
She organized history tours and visits to places like Corregidor. She helped establish the Death March Markers and with local help established a memorial plaque at Limay, Bataan in remembrance of the Filipino Nurses that worked side by side with the American Nurses in Bataan and on Corregidor.
Zf548. Edna Binkowski brought a HIGH LEVEL GROUP to Corregidor the CFR (Committee Foreign Relations) with General Blaine, and some ambassadors of various countries. Also General David Blackledge of the Desert Storm came along.
Edna is the proud author of this book: Code Name: High Pockets: True Story of Claire Phillips, an American Mata Hari and the World War Two Resistance Movement in the Philippines