INVESTIGATING HISTORYTHE BATTLE OF GUSI HILL (HILL 1700) & THE RAISING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG ON FEBRUARY 25, 19451945年2月25日、バンバンの富士山の戦い（丘1700）。 As we commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Bamban Hills 1945 – 2025, we at the Bamban WWII Museum would like to share this history of one of the fiercest fighting in the Philippines …
Please watch the video clip, as we entertain the more than 700 high school students of Tarlac Province in a museum tour early morning this Saturday. 25-bus loads or more than 700 high school students from the towns of Concepcion, Gerona and Paniqui made an early morning educational museum tour at our Bamban WWII Museum.Our …
LAKBAY-ARAL” MUSEUM TOURS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF TARLAC PROVINCE, 1-FEBRUARY-2025 Read More »
Investigating History:JANUARY 26, 1945: GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY ALONG THE BAMBAN FRONT Bamban, 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 80th anniversary of the Liberation, we would like to highlight …
JANUARY 26, 1945: GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY ALONG THE BAMBAN FRONT Read More »
80th Anniversary of Bamban Liberation in WWII: 1945 – 2025THE DESTRUCTION OF BAMBAN TOWN – JANUARY 18, 1945 1945年1月18日、バンバンの町が破壊された。 This early morning 6.30 a.m., more than 760 students, tour guides and teachers were visiting our Bamban WWII Museum. It was a cold yet sunny morning under the blue skies of January. The large numbers of …
THE DESTRUCTION OF BAMBAN TOWN – JANUARY 18, 1945 1945年1月18日のバンバン爆撃。 Read More »
THE NEGRITOS (AYTAS) OF MT. PINATUBOThis article highlights the Aytas of Tarlac, Pampanga, and Zambales, accounts of the tribal wars and guerrilla operations in support of the USAFFE resistance movement and later in the ultimate combat victory of the American forces in 1945. From the verdant forested mountain areas of southwest and western Tarlac (Capas, …
THE AYTAS IN WWII: THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF THE NEGRITO MOUNTAIN PATROL FORCES IN LUZON Read More »
THE LAST DAYS OF THE KAMIKAZE SPECIAL ATTACK AT CLARK AREA, JANUARY 1945.クラーク飛行場地区における日本の特攻隊の最後の日。On January 8-10, 1945, on the eve of the escape of Vice-Admiral Onishi Takijiro (1st Air Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy) from the Bamban Naval Headquarters tunnel, the remnants of the 1st and 2nd Air Fleet pilots, some of them belonging to Kamikaze Special …
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, …
INVESTIGATING HISTORY: THE JAPANESE WWII TUNNELS OF BAMBAN HILLS – PANAISANField Recon on the Japanese Takayama Detachment War Tunnels バンバン山の日本の戦争トンネル – 日本軍高山支隊のトンネル ************************** 日本陸軍高山支隊：星野・岡本大隊In the 1970s and 1980s, as a growing up kid, we used to check the numerous Japanese war tunnels located on the slopes of the Bamban Hills overlooking the diversion road in …
THE JAPANESE WWII TUNNELS OF BAMBAN HILLS – PANAISAN バンバン山の日本の戦争トンネル – 日本軍高山支隊のトンネル Read More »
Museum Visitors:SUPPORT BATTALION196th Infantry Brigade Fort Shafter, Hawaii Our sincere appreciation for the visit of the officers and men of the 196th Infantry Brigade, U. S. Army based in Hawaii. A special museum tour has been presented to the 196th. Also, a special challenge coin was “presented for excellence “, with the emblem or insignia …
125th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR B-DAY: BAMBAN DAY JUNE 5-6, 1899 INVESTIGATING HISTORY: THE BAMBAN RAILROAD STATION 1899-1902 In early 2000, I received an email from America, of then old lady who was a direct descendant of American soldier who fought during the Philippine-American War and stationed at Bamban. The American soldier was Joseph …
