Zc987. This is a picture of our 1999 trip to Mt. Pinatubo from the SW, the San Marcelino direction. Key to the numbers on the image: 1= Mt. Bagang, 2= Santa Fe, Barrio of San Marcelino which was buried by this Lahar, 3= This is what I call No1 Way to Mt. Pinatubo from the SW,4= when my friend MacK and I came this way in 1999 we chose to come up that way, I don’t remember why, maybe more water was coming from there, 5= That was the end of the line of that valley but we were able to climb up to No 6, No 7 was bare slick rocky knoll and we decided we had to cross it to continue. I chickened out and quit here but my friend Mack continued all the way.
Read MoreZc986. The bridge to Mt. Pinatubo from a Chinese Mine for black sand (inoperative at this time). This is the one fireball used; the hill in the middle of the Lahar Field is Mt, Bagang. I could find my own picture so this picture came from this website:
https://playintourist.blogspot.com/2018/03/mt-bagang-zambales.html
Zc979.This is an action report from Capt. Antonio Hernandez to Major Lapham dated 6th Jan.1945. The Guerrillas in this area received orders from Gen MacArthur’s Head Quarters to start a general attacks on the 4th Jan. 1945 in preparation to the Allied Landing on Luzon on the 9th of Jan. 1945.
Read MoreZc984. This is part of document certifying who served as guerrillas in the Philippines and is signed by Major Lapham. After the fighting many of the surviving guerrilla leaders had to help the U.S. Authority to certify who deserved to be recognized as guerillas. This is a sample of those efforts.
Read MoreZc982.Special Order of the Commissioning of Sgt Juan O. Castro to 3rd Lt. in the Luzon Guerrilla Army Forces by Major Lapham, dated 15th March 1943. 3rd Lt. Castro is assigned the Fighting 269. Major Lapham was part of the 803 MPs before the surrender in the Philippines in May 1942. Lt. Col. Thorp, in reorganization of the Guerrilla Forces on Luzon, appointed him as Inspector General.
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