North Luzon – Page 30 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: North Luzon

The category of North of Baguio will encompass all the provinces in that region.

Ze403

Ze403. (-13) our van looks like it went thru some rough spots but it and we made is safely down the Villa Verde Trail from Malico. For safety we had the van follow us walkers. And we seen some impressive vistas and have a better appreciation of what the GIs and their Filipino comrades had to endure.

Ze402

Ze402. (-12) this is really a very unique fact; the San Nicolas High School, even today has the name: Red Arrow High School. To me that means that the people of this town had a very, very close relationship with 32nd Div. in WWII. I asked about 10 people, grownups and students that it was named after the nickname of the 32nd Div. nobody knew.

Ze401

Ze401. (-11) these words on the plaque of the newer Villa Verde 32nd Div. Monument are exactly the same as on the older one by the Cabalisian River. The Monument record in the 32nd Div Web pages says so.

Ze395

Ze395 (-05) this is the new Villa Verde Bridge over the Cabalisian River, this is the start of the new Pangasinan-Nueva Vizcaya Road along the track of the Villa Verde Trail. The name of the bridge is actual Ville Verde.

Ze394

Ze394. (-04) this is the broken off red arrow tip of the older 1945 32nd Div. Red Arrow Monument, without a plaque, standing on the left bank of the Cabalisian River now.

Ze393

Ze393. (-03) this is the older 1945 32nd Div. Red Arrow Monument, without a plaque, standing on the left bank of the Cabalisian River. The monument is broken now. Before the road construction started the monument was resting on the right bank.

Ze392

Ze392. (-02) my two friends and our friend driver are standing next to older 1945 32nd Div. Red Arrow Monument, without a plaque, and it is broken now. In back is the construction camp for the new Pangasinan-Nueva Vizcaya Road.

Ze391

Ze391. (-01) this is the older 1945 32nd Div. Red Arrow Monument, without a plaque, and it is broken now. It has been moved by the road contractor to the left side of the Cabalisian River within the last 2 or 3 years during the new road and bridge construction.

Ze397

Ze397. (-07) again here is a Google Earth image for your orientation as to where the two 32nd Div. Monuments are.

Ze396

Ze396. (-06) this is an Aug. 2014 image of the Cabalisian River crossing by the Villa Verde Trail. The older 1945 32nd Div. Red Arrow Monument, without a plaque, was sitting on the right river bank and was partially buried in a tilted way by the river sand. It was not broken yet. I was able to follow about 7 km up the Villa Verde Trail at that time and I walked to the point where the Villa Verde trail splits up according to my map.