Zf689. The above images of the old but refurbished Death March Marker # 112 is the last one before one reaches the present Capas Memorial Shrine, dedicated to unimaginable suffering of the US and American Soldiers in the Japanese POW Camp O’Donnell. It is reported that approximately 30,000 Soldiers died here while in the hands of the Imperial Japanese Forces.
At this memorial marker is this boundary marker, the 2nd image. I find it incredible that this memorabilia from the US Military Colonial presence is still around.
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I recently visited the Bamban Museum of History and WWII Relics. It is run by Mr. Rhonie C. Dela Cruz as a private enterprise without any income and it depends on donations. The visit reminded me about the 100+ year old US Military Boundary Markers, I have written about and Rhonie and his associates have found one near the former Clark Military Complex. This page is dedicated to those historical markers and many links on this subject and matters are added at the end of this presentation.
This presentation is interesting because it also shows Dead March Marker 112, a Marker from the Philippine Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. It also compares how a venue looked like in the 1980 and how it looks now. If you don’t look at all the links, offered here at the end, at least you should look and both of the 2 pages of this URL called: “Who knows a little Spanish”? Click Here!
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Zf689. The above images of the old but refurbished Death March Marker # 112 is the last one before one reaches the present Capas Memorial Shrine, dedicated to unimaginable suffering of the US and American Soldiers in the Japanese POW Camp O’Donnell. It is reported that approximately 30,000 Soldiers died here while in the hands of the Imperial Japanese Forces.
At this memorial marker is this boundary marker, the 2nd image. I find it incredible that this memorabilia from the US Military Colonial presence is still around.
Zf690. 2013-12-17 on this date we found the US Military Reservation Boundary marker all cleaned up and repainted and now we can clearly read what it says. In the past this marker was almost in an unreadable state.
Zf691. 2008-01-17 The Death March Marker #112 shown in the previous image has been renewed by this date with a solid foundation and a Sponsor is honoring the Bataan Defenders.
Zf692. 2008-01-17 The Death March Marker #112 shown in the previous image has been renewed by this date with a solid foundation and a Sponsor is honoring the Bataan Defenders. Thank you Sergeant Richard E. Francies.
Zf693. 2008-01-17 The Philippine Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor placed a Memorial Marker here at the former Boundary of the Camp O-Donnell Military Reservation. And the Death March Marker #112 is also here.
Zf694. 1986 to 88 time frame, I’m so glad that Chad Hill is sharing this image with us. What a change, wow!!! In 1991 Mt. Pinatubo happened, that is also about the time the US Navy gave up this area it used as a Radio Transmitting Facility and this very place was the very infamous Camp O’Donnell, the American Prisoner of War side.
Zf695. An about 1988 VERY UNIQUE IMAGE of the Camp O-Donnell Boundary shot by Navy man Chad Hill who was on active duty then.
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These are 6 images of the recovery of the very old military boundary marker near the former Clark Military Complex by the recovery team of the Bamban Museum of History and WWII Relics with Mr. Rhonie C. Dela Cruz in Charge.
Zf696. the search and recovery team of the old US Military Boundary Marker in the former Clark Air Field area from the Bamban Historical Society (BHS) Bamban Museum of History.
Zf697. Rhonie Cauguiran Dela Cruz added 6 new pictures in his Facebook page on 23rd Jan. 2016. The URL does not seem to be available anymore!
Zf998. This is the description of the Facebook page when it was still available at the Bamban Museum of History and WWII Relics Facebook page. This is about the recovery of the very old boundary marker near the former Clark Military Complex.
Zf699. This is the search and recovery team of the old US Military Boundary Marker in the former Clark Air Field area from the Bamban Historical Society (BHS) Bamban Museum of History.
Zf700. This is the other, the 2nd one, of the old US Military Boundary Markers. It was found by the search and recovery team from the Bamban Historical Society (BHS) Bamban Museum of History. I say 2nd because as we point out in this presentation, the 1st one is next to the Death March Marker #112. This last Death March Marker of the infamous Death March Route and is located very near the present entrance to the Capas National Shrine.
Zf701. This is a close-up image of the last picture # Zf700. The engraved writing is still in perfect shape after perhaps 100 years when it was placed here.
Rhonie Cauguiran Dela Cruz is a most extra ordinary resident of the Municipality of Bamban and has this Facebook page: Click here!
Rhonie Cauguiran Dela Cruz is the leader of the Bamban Historical Society (BHS) and its Bamban Museum of History; where local history comes alive. This is the URL for the Museum: Click here!
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URLs of a Museum of History and Historical Markers
About 29 Images about the US Mil Boundary Marker in my Photobucket:
https://app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/5d829075-5ff0-4e8e-b9b9-50ed56c9e13d
Who knows a little Spanish?
Corregidor Forum Page.
https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/203/who-knows-little-spanish
Rhonie Cauguiran Dela Cruz, Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/rhonie.d.cruz
Bamban Museum of History / Bamban Historical Society, Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/bambanmuseum
Official Page of the Bamban Historical Society and Bamban Museum of History. The Museum is privately owned by Rhonie Dela Cruz with Bamban Historical Society members as volunteers. All official announcements, p schedules and events will be published on this Page. The Page also showcase the humble beginnings of BHS and the Bamban Museum of History and the events, activities undertaken since 1999 up to present..
https://heyplaces.ph/095590/Bamban_Museum_of_History_/_Bamban_Historical_Society
Camp O’Donnel, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_O%27Donnell
Rhonie’s Blog
Rhonie Cauguiran Dela Cruz is the leader of the Bamban Historical Society (BHS) and its Bamban Museum of History; where local history comes alive. This is the URL for the Museum:
http://museumofhistory.blogspot.com/2008/09/bhs-bamban-museum-of-history-where.html
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4 more pictures from the Mil. Boundary Marker area.
Zf702. 2008-01-17 Only a few hundred feet further from the US Military Reservation Marker and the Philippine Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Marker is the entrance to the Capas National Shrine.
Zf703. 2008-01-17 only a few hundred feet further from the US Military Reservation Marker and the Death March Marker #112 is the entrance to the Capas National Shrine. We see the obelisk!
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This is a quote from Wikipedia: Click here for the URL!
On 9 April 2003, a 73-metre (240 ft) obelisk symbolizing peace[4] and new memorial wall were unveiled on the grounds of the former internment camp. The obelisk is surrounded by a three-segmented, black marble wall engraved with the names of more than 30,000 Filipinos who were incarcerated in the camp. There are also statistics about the total numbers of prisoners and deaths, together with poems for peace.
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Zf704. 2008-01-17 The Philippine Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor placed a Memorial Marker here at the former Boundary of the Camp O’Donnell Military Reservation. And the Death March Marker #112 is also here.
Zf705. 2008-01-17 The Philippine Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor placed a Memorial Marker here at the former Boundary of the Camp O-Donnell Military Reservation. This is the plaque under the icon in the previous image; I wonder what the plaque says?