A photograph of the Mabalacat West Airfield taken in February 1945 showing the ridge line and the Bamban Mountains in the background. IN the foreground is the wreck site or boneyard of Japanese army and navy aircraft, as they littered part of the runway. There is also the Mabalacat hydro-electric plant facility at the center …
THE FIRST JAPANESE SPECIAL ATTACK CEREMONY AT BAMBAN RIVERBANK, OCTOBER 20, 19441945年10月20日、バンバン川で行われた日本初の特攻式典。Being an historian, especially in the field of WWII History, I often connect the history with the places in my area in order to highlight important historical accounts. In the coming days, we are about to commemorate the upcoming WWII historical event, Leyte Landing, …
THE FIRST JAPANESE SPECIAL ATTACK AT MABALACAT マバラカットにおける日本軍初の特別攻撃。 Read More »
Letter to Sangguniang Bayan – Bamban Requesting for the Declaration of January 23 as Bamban WWII Liberation Day It has been our advocacy at the Bamban WWII Museum and the Historical Society to perpetuate the memory and heroism of our WWII veterans especially those from Bamban who are considered as Heroes. From 2004 to 2006, …
My town has more thing to offer other than POGO. Its role in our Nation’s history is marked by heroism and our struggle for Independence. Eighty years ago, the town of Bamban, Tarlac marked its role in the defense of our Country during WWII as it celebrated New Year in those looming days of the …
INVESTIGATING HISTORY:BATTLE FOR THE CAPTURE OF CLARK FIELD AND THE AMERICAN FLAG RAISING – 太平洋戦争中のクラーク飛行場とアメリカ国旗 THE JAPANESE DEFENSE OF CLARK FIELD – クラーク・フィールドの日本の守備。Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg were abandoned in late December 1945, with the landing of the Japanese forces to the north, and the series of Japanese advance along the USAFFE Defense Lines from …
CLARK FIELD IN WWII AND THE AMERICAN FLAG RAISING – 太平洋戦争中のクラーク飛行場とアメリカ国旗 Read More »
INVESTIGATING HISTORY SERIES: September 3 and the End of WWII in the Philippines THE LAST DAYS OF THE JAPANESE KEMBU COMPOSITE DIVISION IN ZAMBALES-PINATUBO AREA – 1945 THE WAR ENDS September 3, 1945 marked an important milestone in the History of WWII, the official surrender of all Japanese forces in the Philippines with the outcome …
The BAMBAN WWII MUSEUM and Bamban Historical Society had embarked on a new historical project; establishing the museum WWII Re-enactment Group. A very successful event hosted by Governor Susan Yap Office of the Provincial Government – Tarlac Provincial Tourism Office on the upcoming opening of the Capas Train Station Museum this October. Our very own …
BAMBAN WWII RE-ENACTMENT GROUP AT CAPAS TRAIN STATION EXHIBIT Read More »
WWII 1945 IN TARLACThe people of Capas, many of whom are descendants of WWII veterans, may have forgotten an important event in WWII History, the Liberation in January 19, 1945 and the arrival of the US Army 40th Division. After Tarlac, Tarlac was liberated by the American division under General Douglas MacArthur’s 6th Army with …
Investigating History:THE ORIGINAL CLARK HANGARS: THE END OF AN AVIATION HERITAGE STRUCTURES?クラーク飛行場の格納庫構造の端？ From its beginning in 1919 as part of an extension of the U.S. Army’s Fort Stotsenburg for its Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, Clark Field had transformed into a major aerodrome of the Americans in the Pacific by the U.S. Army Air …
THE ORIGINAL CLARK HANGARS: THE END OF AN AVIATION HERITAGE STRUCTURES? クラーク飛行場の格納庫構造の端？ Read More »
