Center for Japanese Pacific War Studies
A program collecting historical materials on Japanese involvement in the Bamban-Clark area during WWII, shedding light on Special Attack forces and Kembu Shudan narratives.
A program geared on research, collection of historical references, maps, manuscripts and artifacts related to the Japanese in Bamban-Clark area aimed at increasing knowledge of the Japanese narratives of WWII including the Special Attack forces and Kembu Shudan. Such materials will shed light and add historical information on WWII history.
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PROJECT DISCOVERY WAR TUNNELS OF BAMBAN HILLS : THE LOST JAPANESE TUNNELS OF HOSHINO BUTAI – バンバンヒルズのプロジェクトディスカバリー戦争トンネル：第二次世界大戦で失われた日本の星野舞台のトンネル
Bamban Hills was considered by the U.S. Army in their published Military Bulletin in August 1945 as “the most extensive tunnel defense ever fought in the Pacific outside of Okinawa.”. More than a thousand tunnels were constructed by the Japanese…
JAPANESE DESCENDANTS OF YOKAREN NAVY PILOTS VISITED BAMBAN WWII MUSEUM: 予科練海軍パイロットの日系子孫がバンバン第二次世界大戦博物館を訪問
Clark Field in late October 1944 till the end of December of the year became the basement of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force, with most of the tactical units (air group) of the 1st and 2nd Air Fleet. This…
INVESTIGATING HISTORY: HACHIRO AKASHI – THE JOURNEY OF FIREFLY: A VISIT BY DESCENDANT OF A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PILOT AT BAMBAN MUSEUM: 日本海軍パイロット明石八郎とその家族のバンバン博物館訪問
Visit of Bereaved Families from Japan Seventy-five years ago, when the war ended in WWII, the effects of the war and the death of a member of family still linger on both sides; Filipino, Americans and Japanese. On my part,…
OPERATION FIREFLIES 2023: SEARCH & RECOVERY OF JAPANESE WAR DEAD
2023 Bamban Historical Society Bamban WWII Museum Center and Japanese Pacific War Studies Provincial Government of Tarlac Tarlac Provincial Tourism Office Visit of Tarlac Fact Finding Mission at Bamban WWII Museum The Mission Team composed of representatives and forensic experts…
JAPANESE WORLD PEACE DAY
2023 Bamban Historical Society Bamban WWII Museum Center for Japanese Pacific War Studies Province Government of Tarlac Tarlac Provincial Tourism Office OCTOBER 25 JAPANESE WORLD PEACE DAY At the former Japanese airfields in Mabalacat and at the 201 Meter Granite…
PROJECT DISCOVERY WWII TUNNELS : Calang and Target Japanese War Tunnels Survey
2023 Bamban Historical Society Bamban WWII Museum Center for Japanese Pacific War Studies Provincial Government of Tarlac Tarlac Provincial Tourism Office In the pursuit of preserving WWII History, our Field Recon Team was joined by the Philippine MIA/POW Research Team…
