zForum Images – Page 93 – Philippine-Sailor

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Zf848. To me this is the best picture of the bunch, it shows the whole San Fernando, La Union area and the authors marked the picture with the relevant geographic points and the timeline of the transshipment of the Oryoku Maru POWs in Dec. 1944.

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Zf847. The authors of the book: Relentless Hope-A True Story of War and Survival report this image of San Fernando, La Union was shot 1n 1945. or maybe it is prewar. We are looking north.

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Zf846. A zoomed in section of a US Army 1944 map of San Fernando in La Union; it shows the neck of the Poro Peninsular which was the location where the Oryoku Maru POWs transshipped to other ships in San Fernando, La Union. This map image has been marked-up by the authors of the book: […]

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Zf845. A US Army 1944 map of San Fernando in La Union; this is the location where the Oryoku Maru POWs transshipped in San Fernando, La Union.

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A beautifully carved 19th century Santos of Saint Javier, or Saint Francis Xavier, known for bringing the Catholic faith to the Malay Archipelago, India, and Japan, in the early 16th century. From the Philippine Island of Panay. This is the same island on which a heroic American sailor, Telesforo Trinidad, was born. Devine providence? (Writer’s […]

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Bataan Death March starting point marker used to note the April 1942 journey from Mariveles to Camp O’Donnell on the island of Luzon. The Aeta helped POWs slip away.

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The Aetas of WWII Squadron 30 of the Luzon Guerrilla Forces (LGF), Southern Tarlac Military District under Capt. Bruce. Among those saved was Lt. Alex Vraciu. The Aeta and American Navy partnership began in 1905 with establishment of a Naval Station at Olongapo on Subic Bay.

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Early photo of Filipinos at sea in a pre-WW I unidentified ship.

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A 1655 etching of Manila Bay with a depiction of Subic Bay to the north. You can see the island of Corregidor, and also Grande Island at the entrance to Subic Bay. Shown are Manila galleons and “junks”, or in Spanish “junco”, the Chinese trading ships of the Xiang-li.

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For hundreds of voyages, Manila galleons crossed the Pacific in ships cramped with cargo and crew. No wardroom. No stewards. No gedunk.