WWII Heroes Project
A program of research and documentation and publications on the WWII Heroes especially in Bamban, Tarlac and Clark area.
A program of research and documentation and publications on the WWII Heroes especially in Bamban, Tarlac and Clark area.
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PVT TOMAS MANABAT, MISSING-IN-ACTION: REMEMBERING A BATAAN DEFENDER FROM BAMBAN, TARLAC
Portrait of PFC Tomas Manabat as a Philippine Scouts. Courtesy of Manabat Family of Bamban. WWII Heroes Project 2025:83rd ANNIVERSARY AND COMMEMORATION OF THE DAY OF VALOR (ARAW NG KAGITINGAN)PVT TOMAS MANABAT, MISSING-IN-ACTION: REMEMBERING A BATAAN DEFENDER FROM BAMBAN, TARLAC…
TARLAQUENO USAFFE GUERRILLAS AT STA. IGNACIA, TARLAC; MID-JANUARY 1945
ORIGINAL CAPTION: Guerrillas present arms as the first U.S. troops enter Sta. Ignacia (Tarlac), Luzon Island, Philippine Islands. These troops consisted of two members of the Air Evaluation Board, 1945. 80th ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION, 1945 – 2025 TARLAQUENO USAFFE GUERRILLAS…
THE AQUINO ANCESTRAL HOUSE AS HQ OF THE XIV CORPS, U.S. ARMY, LATE JANUARY 1945
Major General Oscar Griswold, commanding the XIV Corps, accepting the flag of the 26th Cavalry, Philippine Scouts from Captain Clay Conner, accompanied by Captain Alfred Bruce and other American guerrillas operating around Clark Field and Bamban Hills, January 30, 1945.Photo…
THE LIBERATION OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA; 28-JAN-1945 – AN ACCOUNT OF LIBERATION 1945.
Filipino soldiers and guerrillas in parade at San Fernando, Pampanga, probably early February 1945. Carl Mydans photo. Investigating History:THE LIBERATION OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA; 28-JAN-1945 – AN ACCOUNT OF LIBERATION 1945.With the landing of General Douglas MacArthur’s Sixth Army in…
THE 21st DIVISION (PHILIPPINE ARMY) DEFENSE AT TARLAC, TARLAC: DECEMBER 30, 1941 (1941 年 12 月のタルラック市での戦闘)
Soldiers from the 22nd Regiment, 21st Division, Philippine Army in training at Camp James Ord, San Miguel, Tarlac, Tarlac, before the outbreak of WWII. THE 21st DIVISION (PHILIPPINE ARMY) DEFENSE AT TARLAC, TARLAC: DECEMBER 30, 1941(1941 年 12 月のタルラック市での戦闘) 82…
MISSING-IN-ACTION: REMEMBERING LT. FRANCIS THOMPSON (VF-29, U.S.S CABOT CVL-28) ON THE 80th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF HIS ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE PHILIPPINES
https://youtu.be/aBmUKHbbaeo?si=ejN5Cb8k-s24nJH0 Rhonie Dela Cruz Youtube channel dedicated to Lt. John Francis Thompson On December 14, 1944, the Japanese ship (passenger liner) Oryoku Maru, carrying more than 1,600 American prisoners of war, was in Subic Bay near Sueste Point, where she…
