Media Category: zForum Images
This category is strictly used for images to be linked to a forum. The first sub category is called za and may grow to 999 images.
Zc986
Zc986. 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
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.
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Zc984
Zc984. 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.
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Zc982
Zc982.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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Zc976
Zc976. This is only part of the Squadron 260 LGAF casualty list, I chose it because it lists 10 soldiers from the town of Umingan.
When I think of these soldiers who fell for freedom of their country and then look at the dilapidated state of the LGAF Plaque in the Umingan Town Square, I feel so sad that the descendents of these soldiers seem to have forgotten their ancestors.