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…

Japanese tunnels of the Takayama Shitai on the base of Asahiyama Mountain, February 1945.Bamban WWII Museum collection. PROJECT DISCOVERY WWII TUNNELS 2025THE BAMBAN TUNNEL DEPOT: THE LOST JAPANESE WAR TUNNELS OF BAMBAN HILLSI have been researching on the Japanese WWII…

Aerial photograph of the PASUDECO taken during the conduct of air operation by the Air Group 7, U.S.S. Hancock CV-19.U.S. NARA photo. Investigating History PAMPANGA PASUDECO SUGAR CENTRAL, UNDER ATTACK FROM VF-7 FIGHTER SQUADRON, U.S.S. HANCOCK CV-19; 15-DECEMBER-1944An iconic man-made…

Survivors of the Kembu Group, after surrender in September 1945, showing severecondition of malnutrition and sickness. Rhonie Dela Cruz/Bamban WWII Museum Collection THE LAST DAYS & SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE KEMBU COMPOSITE DIVISION IN PINATUBO AREA – 1945 – バンバン・ピナツボ地域における日本剣舞集団の降伏…

Captain Moji, with Vice-Admiral Ohnishi Takijiro, months after the transfer of 1st Air Fleet from Bamban Naval Headquarters tunnel to Formosa.Courtesy of the late Moji Chikanori REMEMBERING MR. MOJI CHIKANORI: A JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICER IN BAMBAN IN WWII大東亜戦争のバンバン丘陵にいた日本の海軍士官、門司親則を偲んでいるI was in…

Indiana Historical Society, as appeared on Bob Welch’ book, “Resolve” and Malcolm Decker’s “On A Mountainside”; showing the USAFFE guerrilla leaders at the XIV Corps HQ, Concepcion, Tarlac, late January 1945. USAFFE GUERRILLA OFFICERS OF NORTHWEST PAMPANGA AND SOUTH TARLAC,…