WWII Heroes Project
A program of research and documentation and publications on the WWII Heroes especially in Bamban, Tarlac and Clark area.
A program of research and documentation and publications on the WWII Heroes especially in Bamban, Tarlac and Clark area.
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JANUARY 26, 1945: GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AT THE BAMBAN FRONT
General MacArthur meets Major General Rapp Brush (CG, 40th Division) at the Bamban (Tarlac) front, at the beginning of the Battle of Bamban Hills. Records show General MacArthur was in Bamban area on January 26, 1945. U.S. Signal Corps /…
RELICS OF WAR IN THE FORMER BATTLEFIELDS: THE QUINAUAN POINT – かつての戦場で発見された遺物：キナウアン・バターン
Battlefield ArcheologyRELICS OF WAR IN THE FORMER BATTLEFIELDS: THE QUINAUAN POINT – かつての戦場で発見された遺物：キナウアン・バターンMEMORIES OF WAR – 戦争の思い出Standing on the spot where battles fought is like going back into history and imagine the struggle of the soldiers fought, bled and many…
JAPANESE COMBAT AIR OPERATIONS AROUND CLARK FIELD DURING THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN RETROGRADE MOVEMENT; DECEMBER 29, 1941 TO JANUARY 4, 1942 – 大東亜戦争初期におけるフィリピンにおける日本軍航空軍の戦闘作戦（1941年12月29日から1942年1月4日）
Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-30 light bombers from the 31st Sentai (Air Regiment). The same Ki-30swere used by the 5th Air Group, belonging to 16th Air Regiment, 4th Air Brigade that werebased at Vigan and Laoag Airfields and conducted air operations against…
AMERICAN SOLDIER’s IMPRESSION: MAJOR NORMAN E. THRALL, BATTLE OF BAMBAN HILLS 1945
In memory of Major Norman E. Thrall, KIA at Battle of Thrall Hill, Bamban, January 28, 1945. Investigating History:AMERICAN SOLDIER’s IMPRESSION: MAJOR NORMAN E. THRALL, BATTLE OF BAMBAN HILLS 1945Delivering the Talk on WWII History in the Philippines in Vigan…
THE DEATH AND KILLING OF US NAVY AVIATORS LT. NAMOSKI AND ARM1c EUGENE GRAHAM – OCTOBER 29, 1944
In honor and remembrance of American naval aviators shot down on October 29, 1944 near Concepcion, Tarlac; at the Bamban WWII Museum A DAY TO REMEMBER October 29 is such one events; it might not be a national consciousness but…
KUDIARO LAXAMANA & THE WWII AETA NEGRITO MOUNTAIN PATROL OF CLARK-STOTSENBURG AREA
Kudiaro, accompanied by his officers and fellow Aeta Negrito mountain patrol, meeting the commanding officer of the 1st Bn, 129th Infantry, 37th Division in late Januaryor early February 1945. US NARA photo. The place was behind Fort Stotsenburg, in the…