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INVESTIGATING HISTORY:RECOVERED RELIC OF JAPANESE WWII TYPE 98 KYUHACHI-SHIKI IMPERIAL ARMY OFFICER’s KATANA SWORD – バンバンで日本軍の98式将校用刀が発見される。 The western sector of the Bamban poblacion anchored the Central Force of the Takayama Detachment, where 3,600 seasoned Japanese mobile infantry forces from the 2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment, along with the troops from the 137th Airfield Battalion (reinforced), 25th …

RECOVERED RELIC OF JAPANESE WWII TYPE 98 KYUHACHI-SHIKI IMPERIAL ARMY OFFICER’s KATANA SWORD – バンバンで日本軍の98式将校用刀が発見される。 Read More »

Discovery War Tunnels of Bamban Hills – Field Recon No. 2/2025EXPLORING THE JAPANESE WWII TUNNELS OF ROCK MOUNTAIN -SOUTH SLOPEバンバン山の大東亜戦争トンネルを探索。 BAMBAN HILLS – バンバン山Bamban boasts significant nature’s beauty of hills, ridges and valleys. Located north of Clark International AirPort, it is a strategic location that offers tourism development potentials. Historically, Bamban has her role in …

EXPLORING THE JAPANESE WWII TUNNELS OF ROCK MOUNTAIN -SOUTH SLOPE バンバン山の大東亜戦争トンネルを探索。 Read More »

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 …

THE BATTLE OF GUSI HILL (HILL 1700) & THE RAISING OF THE AMERICAN FLAG ON FEBRUARY 25, 1945 1945年2月25日、バンバンの富士山の戦い（丘1700）。 Read More »

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 …

GHOST OF THE FORMER JAPANESE NAVY COMBINED AIR FLEET HEADQUARTERS TUNNEL – バンバンの本部トンネル内の日本の幽霊兵士。 Read More »