La Union – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: La Union

Pictures from this province

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Zf929. 1914 4 5 FORT LEAVENWORTH KANSAS NEWS PVT Jose B Nispero receives MOH, cropped. This news article was sent to me by the researcher of the writing team of the new book “Relentless Hope: A True Story of War and Survival, by David L. Britt”. The team is on my mailing list and got […]

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Zf925. Finally, the US Medal of Honor has been officially turned over to the family of Private Jose B. Nisperos on 22 July 2021 in San Fernando, La Union. Representatives from PVAO and the Field Service Extension Office (FSEO) in La Union met with the Nisperos Family at the City Hall of San Fernando to […]

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Zf924. Finally, the US Medal of Honor has been officially turned over to the family of Private Jose B. Nisperos on 22 July 2021 in San Fernando, La Union. Representatives from PVAO and the Field Service Extension Office (FSEO) in La Union met with the Nisperos Family at the City Hall. This is a PVAO […]

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Zf927. Jose Nisperos, First Asian MOH Recipient, was born in 1887, and in 1907 enlisted in the Scouts in his hometown of San Fernando, La Union. Nisperos was honorably discharged and served as a local policeman until his death in 1922.

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Zf926. Medal of Honor citation • Nisperos, Jose B. • Rank and organization: Private, 34th Company, Philippine Scouts. • Place and date: Lapurap, Basilan, Philippine Islands, September 24, 1911. • Entered service at: San Fernandos Union, Philippine Islands • Born: San Fernandos Union, Philippine Islands • Citation: Having been badly wounded (his left arm was […]

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Zf844. This must be a 1945 photo of the San Fernando, La Union Harbor and part of the Poro Point Peninsular; the Gen MacArthur’s Navy or Army engineers already built new piers. The L shaped pier/dock and the damaged oil pier are still there which were reported by the POWs.

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Zf843. A 16th Dec. 1944 image of the narrow neck of the Poro Peninsular; this is where the POWs were kept the last day/night on the 27th Dec. 1944. The author’s description says 16th Dec. 1945, is obviously wrong!

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Zf855.This is a thumbnail sketch from the book: BLOOD BROTHER by Col Eugene C Jacobs page 91. This is a biography of the Col Eugene C Jacobs from the www, click here: Colonel (COL) Eugene C. Jacobs, MD, graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1929. He joined the Army Medical Corps in […]

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Zf854.This is a thumbnail sketch from the book: BLOOD BROTHER by Col Eugene C Jacobs page 91. This is a biography of the Col Eugene C Jacobs from the www, click here: Colonel (COL) Eugene C. Jacobs, MD, graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1929. He joined the Army Medical Corps in […]

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Zf853. Perhaps a prewar picture of San Fernando, La Union from above the La Union High School in San Fernando, the view is in the direction of the narrow neck of the Poro Peninsular where the POWs stayed on the 26th and 27th of Dec 1944. In the city at left near the San Fernando […]