THE NATIONAL FLAG DAY 2024 Liberation Tarlac 1945 with Benita Perez, a guerrilla fighter from Tarlac. This photograph taken probably at the steps of the Provincial Capitol building in 1945 Liberation with the Filipino guerrilla holding the Philippine flag is one iconic image of WWII. As we celebrate the National Flag Day, I cannot think …
THE PILLARS OF CAMP DEL PILAR: 1945 – PRESENT A group of Japanese members of the bereaved families visited our museum with great interest. Miss Hideko, the leading Japanese tour guide, asked about the Japanese hospital used during WWII, as there were descendants of Japanese soldiers killed in Bamban that were originally camped and deployed …
Bamban and Bamban Hills hold significant historical highlights in our Nation’s History, mostly during the Philippine Revolution – Second Phase, or the Philippine-American War and in WWII. Many of the Bambanenses joined in the fight for freedom on both wars. The History of WWII, Bamban had the significant role from the Defense of Luzon, the …
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Investigating History Series:TARLAC IN WWII HISTORY Capas Vehicular Bridge: Site of American Prisoners-Of-War Work Detail in 1942. The image of the Capas vehicular bridge taken in 1945 is a rare photograph of such bridge, where the many Americans were employed in the work detail. Most of the Americans were taken from nearby Camp O’Donnell, terminus …
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INVESTIGATING HISTORY:THE JAPANESE WWII TUNNEL AT THE FORMER MABALACAT WEST AIRFIELD*Note: original article was published on-line on October 4, 2020. The hill-mass of the Babang Dapu used to be an old settlement that appeared on several maps during the Spanish colonial era, as well as during the American rule. Located on the edge of present …
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For the first time, about 1,000 Filipino elementary and high school students and teachers comprising 32 buses made the museum tour this afternoon. Our volunteers and staff really made a great impression and coordinated tasks of keeping all guests safe and enjoy the museum tours. The museum tour lasted for 3 hours of continuous journey …
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THE JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN BAMBAN HILLS: A JOURNEY INTO LOST WWII HISTORY THE JAPANESE NAVAL HQ IN BAMBAN HILLSHistorian Rhonie Dela Cruz has been gathering materials and conducts research in the past decade related to WWII in the region. In one of his discoveries, the Japanese Naval HQ of the 1st Combined Air Fleet …
The Battle of Bamban Hills was fought in 1945, on the strategic rough mountains north of Clark Field in the Philippines and overlooking the vast plains where the important Japanese-built air strips were located and used during the air campaign in WWII. By end of December 1944, the Japanese Army and Navy Air Service had …
Watch our Youtube video on the day about 1,000 students, parents and teachers from San Manuel, Tarlac visited the Bamban WWII Museum.
For the first time, about 1,000 Filipino elementary and high school students and teachers comprising 32 buses made the museum tour on the afternoon of April 21, 2024. This unprecedented number of guests in just a single museum tour has been made possible with the cooperation and assistance of Director Anthony Hernandez, Karen Lacsamana Carrera …
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