Operation Fireflies
Search and recovery of Japanese remains of war dead in Bamban Hills
A long-term program aimed in the field research for the recovery of Japanese soldiers’ remains left in the battlefields of the Bamban Hills, especially those who were left inside the war tunnels. Since the start of the program more than a decade ago, Bamban Historical Society had already handed over to the Japanese Government representatives several sets of suspected Japanese remains of war dead in line with the Bilateral Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Philippines.
At present, the program continues with cooperation with both the Philippine National Museum and Japan Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare, conducting field surveys of the former battlefields of the Bamban and exploring war tunnels for any possible signs of remains that can be found.
Rhonie Dela Cruz: Operation Fireflies
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FIELD RECON ON JAPANESE WWII TUNNELS OF BUROG HILL (HILL 1500, YASHIMA MOUNTAIN) – フィリピン、バンバンヒルズのブログにある日本軍の戦争トンネル。
2024 Bamban WWII MuseumBamban Historical SocietyProvincial Government of TarlacTarlac Provincial Tourism OfficeFIELD RECON ON JAPANESE WWII TUNNELS OF BUROG HILL (HILL 1500, YASHIMA MOUNTAIN) WITH THE TARLAC PROVINCIAL TOURISM OFFICE STAFFHigh above the Bamban Hills rough terrain, Burog Hill majestically…
FIELD RECON ON JAPANESE WWII TUNNELS OF LAFE HILL, BAMBAN – 日本の戦争トンネルを探して フィリピン、バンバンヒルズにて
Project Discovery WWII Japanese Tunnels: Target Lafe Hill A sunny Sunday morning led us for a field survey of the Japanese WWII tunnels of Lafe Hill; one of the several nose-ridges overlooking the main MacArthur highway north of Mabalacat and…
DISCOVERY WAR TUNNEL OF BAMBAN HILLS
2023 Bamban Historical Society Bamban WWII History Center for Japanese Pacific War Studies Tarlac Provincial Tourism Office – PGT “Exploring a Japanese War Tunnel (Vertical Hole) of Bamban Hills – Part 1 “We’re back! And we are more energetic to…
OPERATION FIREFLIES: RE-OPENING AND DISCOVERING NEW JAPANESE WAR TUNNELS OF PANAISAN, BAMBAN HILLS; 6-May-2023
Video Clip: RE-OPENING AND DISCOVERING NEW JAPANESE WAR TUNNELS OF PANAISAN, BAMBAN HILLS; 6-May-2023 Watch this video clip as I Enter a newly re-opened Japanese war tunnel in Panaisan Hills, Bamban, as captured by my Iphone and explored the inside…
OPERATION FIREFLIES: RE-OPENING AND DISCOVERING NEW JAPANESE WAR TUNNELS OF PANAISAN, BAMBAN HILLS
It was a fruitful Saturday morning with our BHS Field Recon Team with the re-opening of Panaisan Japanese War Tunnel No. 1 and the discovery of a new (not yet registered and surveyed) War Tunnel No. 2 with the help…
Operation Fireflies
Remains of Japanese War Dead Recovered at the former Japanese cemetery in Dampul near Calang Mountains in late 1980s; now in safekeeping at Bamban WWII Museum. A new sets of remains of suspected Japanese war dead are now in the…