Rhonie Dela Cruz

RHONIE C. DELA CRUZ, an historian, is the Chairman of the Bamban Historical Society (an active organization in the preservation and promotion of history and heritage in Bamban, Tarlac) with particular interest in the military history and the Aetas. He is also the curator and owner the Bamban WWII Museum, the institution has been recognized as an important WWII educational site and a center for public history.

He is a recognized Historian by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), being a lecturer and guest speaker on national and international conferences on WWII History from 2017 to 2020. His research journals in WWII were published by the NHCP on its Journal of the Philippine Local History and Heritage. He is also a prominent speaker on various historical events with subjects mostly on WWII History and Museum.

Mr. Dela Cruz advocacy, passion and interest in WWII is in fact based on his family lineage, as he is a descendant of WWII veterans. Further, he had also written on the history of the Aetas on the Mag-Antsi and Aberling Tribes of Bamban and Capas, Tarlac; the former formed part of the Claim Book of the Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) Application.

As an historian, he is the key person in the pursuit of finding remains of the war dead left in the battlefields of the Bamban through the Operation Fireflies, and in exploring and opening of Japanese war tunnels with the Project Discovery War Tunnels. At present, he is also engaged in the production of various historical documentaries related to Bamban-Clark area in the social media, as You Tube vlogger, through the Investigating History Series.

THE DAU AIRFIELD: A FORGOTTEN AIRSTRIP OF THE CLARK AIR DISTRICT OF WWII ダウ飛行場: 大東亜戦争時のクラーク飛行場における、忘れ去られた飛行場

Investigating WWII HistoryTHE DAU AIRFIELD: A FORGOTTEN AIRSTRIP OF THE CLARK AIR DISTRICT OF WWIIダウ飛行場: 大東亜戦争時のクラーク飛行場における、忘れ去られた飛行場One of the newly constructed satellite airfields of Clark, Dau Airfield was located about 3 kilometers directly to the east, on what is now the vicinity of Pulung Cacutud. Dau Airfield was part of the Clark Air Center, located east …

THE DAU AIRFIELD: A FORGOTTEN AIRSTRIP OF THE CLARK AIR DISTRICT OF WWII ダウ飛行場: 大東亜戦争時のクラーク飛行場における、忘れ去られた飛行場 Read More »

BAMBAN WWII MUSUEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF TOURISM KNOWLEDGE CENTER’s CHRONICLE MAGAZINE

BAMBAN WWII MUSUEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT OF TOURISM KNOWLEDGE CENTER’s CHRONICLE MAGAZINEIn the Tourism industry, Rajah Travel Corporation is a major player and has been consistent in its support in bringing guests to our Bamban WWII Museum for the past decade. True to its good intention to contribute to the development of tourism industry, its …

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THE SAN MANUEL AIRFIELD ダイトア・センソウのサン・マヌエル飛行場 Revisiting A Former WWII Japanese Airfield In Tarlac City

THE SAN MANUEL AIRFIELD ダイトア・センソウのサン・マヌエル飛行場Revisiting A Former WWII Japanese Airfield In Tarlac City Description:During WWII, the province of Tarlac became an important Imperial Japanese Army base due to its strategic location, a major transport and logistics hub and the gateway to Clark District. One of the forgotten historical narratives of WWII in Tarlac was the …

THE SAN MANUEL AIRFIELD ダイトア・センソウのサン・マヌエル飛行場 Revisiting A Former WWII Japanese Airfield In Tarlac City Read More »

DAU AIRFIELD: A FORGOTTEN JAPANESE WWII AIR STRIP OF CLARK FIELD ダウ飛行場: 忘れ去られた日本製のクラーク飛行場

Investigating WWII History Series (Video) DAU AIRFIELD: A FORGOTTEN JAPANESE WWII AIR STRIP OF CLARK FIELD ダウ飛行場: 忘れ去られた日本製のクラーク飛行場 Going back in WWII HISTORY in one of the Clark Air Center’s auxiliaries air strips used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Air Service, the DAU AIRFIELD.  The air strip is mostly unknown, that even on …

DAU AIRFIELD: A FORGOTTEN JAPANESE WWII AIR STRIP OF CLARK FIELD ダウ飛行場: 忘れ去られた日本製のクラーク飛行場 Read More »

BAMBAN DAY JUNE 6:, 1899: BAMBAN AS GENERAL AGUINALDO’s CAPITAL DURING THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR 1899

BAMBAN DAY: JUNE 6, 1899The day Bamban had the most important role in our Nation’s struggle for freedom and independence as one of General Emilio Aguinaldo’s Capitals during Philippine-American War. Investigating History:BAMBAN AS GENERAL AGUINALDO’s CAPITAL DURING THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR 1899 So much has been said on the news and on most social media platforms …

BAMBAN DAY JUNE 6:, 1899: BAMBAN AS GENERAL AGUINALDO’s CAPITAL DURING THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR 1899 Read More »

MAY 20, 1899; BAMBAN AS GEN. FRANCISCO MAKABULOS’s HEADQUARTERS DURING PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR

Investigating History:MAY 20, 1899; BAMBAN AS GEN. FRANCISCO MAKABULOS’s HEADQUARTERS DURING PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR Our town of Bamban had played in some significant roles in the development of our country as an independent and sovereign nation and in the fight towards independence at the height of the Philippine-American War of 1899. At times, this small town …

MAY 20, 1899; BAMBAN AS GEN. FRANCISCO MAKABULOS’s HEADQUARTERS DURING PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR Read More »

THE LOST TUNNELS OF HIGUCHI BUTAI – CLARK FIELD – 樋口の失われたトンネル、クラーク・ヒコジョの舞台

Investigating HistoryTHE LOST TUNNELS OF HIGUCHI BUTAI – CLARK FIELD – 樋口の失われたトンネル、クラーク・ヒコジョの舞台 The Granite Hill 花崗岩の丘Late October 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy’s A6M Zero (Zero-sen) were taking off at the air strip of Clark North Airfield. Behind the airfield to the east rise the Japanese called M201 Granite Hill, or what is now Lilly Hill. …

THE LOST TUNNELS OF HIGUCHI BUTAI – CLARK FIELD – 樋口の失われたトンネル、クラーク・ヒコジョの舞台 Read More »

U.S. MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM STUDY: YANKS AIR MUSEUM – LT. ALEX VRACIU’s F6F-3 GRUMMAN

U.S. MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM STUDY:YANKS AIR MUSEUM: LT. ALEX VRACIU’s F6F-3 GRUMMAN Location: Chino, California The good thing about conducting survey and study of American military history museums is that you can have the opportunity to have “up close and personal” of the military aircraft that became part of history, particularly those who were used …

U.S. MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM STUDY: YANKS AIR MUSEUM – LT. ALEX VRACIU’s F6F-3 GRUMMAN Read More »

PFC DOMINADOR A. RONGERO: FROM DEFENDER OF BATAAN TO KOREAN WAR

PROJECT WWII HEROES PFC DOMINADOR A. RONGERO: FROM DEFENDER OF BATAAN TO KOREAN WAR Yesterday morning, I was surprised to be visited by my uncle Robert Maristela Rongero, a relative of my mom (Brigida Cauguiran Dela Cruz) with the Maristela Clan. Uncle Robert was a Vietnam Veteran, following the footsteps of my lolo (grandfather, married …

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JANUARY 26, 1945: GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AT THE BAMBAN FRONT

Investigating History:JANUARY 26, 1945: GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AT THE BAMBAN FRONTBamban, this small town on the south of Tarlac province, the gateway to the Melting Pot of Luzon, has its share in the history of our Nation. And since it is the 81st anniversary of the Liberation, we would like to highlight a forgotten history …

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