Villa Verde Trail – Page 20 – Philippine-Sailor

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Descriptions of the Villa Verde Trail and related areas are covered here.

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Zc998. Villa Verde Trail unmarked copy. The Ambayabang River actually starts north of the Cabalisian River and flows first north, then curves to the west and then curves again and flows south into the Agno River. This picture (we are looking north) shows the watershed boundary of the two rivers and the Villa Verde Trail follows it to the east until it hits the Caraballo Spur. Then the Villa Verde Trail runs north along the west slopes of the Caraballo Spur until it enters the Salacsac Passes.

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Zc997. Villa Verde Trail. The Ambayabang River actually starts north of the Cabalisian River and flows first north, then curves to the west and then curves again and flows south into the Agno River. This picture (we are looking north) shows the watershed boundary of the two rivers and the Villa Verde Trail follows it to the east until it hits the Caraballo Spur. Then the Villa Verde Trail runs north along the west slopes of the Caraballo Spur until it enters the Salacsac Passes.

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Zc955.The WWII Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces (LGAF) Plaque in the Umingan Town Plaza; put up by the Umingan Veterans Association, honoring the Luzon Guerrillas who liberated this town from the Imperial Japanese Aggressor. The lower part of the Memorial lists the names of the veterans; I’m sure many of these veterans were citizen of Umingan. Unfortunately it looks very much neglected and it is damaged.

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Zc954.The WWII Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces (LGAF) Plaque in the Umingan Town Plaza; put up by the Umingan Veterans Association, honoring the Luzon Guerrillas who liberated this town from the Imperial Japanese Aggressor. The Plaque has the signature of the people who erected it, it was the people of Umingan Town, the Umingan Veterans Association. Unfortunately it looks very much neglected and it is damaged.

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Zc953.The WWII Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces (LGAF) Plaque in the Umingan Town Plaza; put up by the Umingan Veterans Association, honoring the Luzon Guerrillas who liberated this town from the Imperial Japanese Aggressor. Unfortunately it looks very much neglected and it is damaged.

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Zc952.The WWII Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces (LGAF) Plaque in the Umingan Town Plaza; put up by the Umingan Veterans Association, honoring the Luzon Guerrillas who liberated this town from the Imperial Japanese Aggressor. Unfortunately it looks very much neglected and it is very hard to read.

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Zc951.The WWII Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces (LGAF) Memorial and Plaque in the Umingan Town Plaza; put up by the Umingan Veterans Association, honoring the Luzon Guerrillas who liberated this town from the Imperial Japanese Aggressor. Unfortunately it looks very much neglected.

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Zc958. The Umingan Town did have the customary Memorial and Statures for the heroes Andres Bonifacio and Dr. Rizal.

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Zc957. Although the Tourist Office of the Umingan Town did not know whether the town had a WWII memorial or not, I found this Memorial. It did not have any plaque or description. The two gun barrels are interesting. Could they be from Japanese tanks or artillery? The Imperial Japanese Army had a tank division defending this area.

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Zc944. 181116 Villa Verde hike, middle section 064. I’m advancing along the Villa Verde Trail/Road along a ridge that runs towards or connects to Hill 1053; it is now mostly Lahar material. The Villa Verde Trail follows the watershed boundary between two rivers. Right and south is the head water of the Cabalisian River which drains to the right and south and remember the new bridge was built to cross it at the start of the Villa Verde Trail, Pangasinan End. To the left and north is the headwaters of the Ambayabang River, it starts in part at Malico, hooks to the north, then makes another large curve to the left and flows south into the Agno River. In this picture I am looking forward, to the east.