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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TRANSLATED JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY MAP SHOWING JAPANESE GARRISON FORCES AND USAFFE AND HUKBALAHAP GUERRILLA LOCATIONS IN TARLAC, OCTOBER 4, 1942
Japanese captured map showing the location of Lieutenant Colonel Thorpe in western Tarlacbefore his capture on October 29, 1942. Investigating History: Archival Papers From NARATRANSLATED JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY MAP SHOWING JAPANESE GARRISON FORCES AND USAFFE AND HUKBALAHAP GUERRILLA LOCATIONS IN…
U.S. MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM STUDY: YANKS AIR MUSEUM – LT. ALEX VRACIU’s F6F-3 GRUMMAN
Photo of Lt. Alexander Vraciu; from Military History Network. U.S. MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM STUDY:YANKS AIR MUSEUM: LT. ALEX VRACIU’s F6F-3 GRUMMAN Location: Chino, California The good thing about conducting survey and study of American military history museums is that you…
JANUARY 26, 1945: GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AT THE BAMBAN FRONT
General MacArthur meets Major General Rapp Brush (CG, 40th Division) at the Bamban (Tarlac) front, at the beginning of the Battle of Bamban Hills. Records show General MacArthur was in Bamban area on January 26, 1945. U.S. Signal Corps /…
RELICS OF WAR IN THE FORMER BATTLEFIELDS: THE QUINAUAN POINT – かつての戦場で発見された遺物：キナウアン・バターン
Battlefield ArcheologyRELICS OF WAR IN THE FORMER BATTLEFIELDS: THE QUINAUAN POINT – かつての戦場で発見された遺物：キナウアン・バターンMEMORIES OF WAR – 戦争の思い出Standing on the spot where battles fought is like going back into history and imagine the struggle of the soldiers fought, bled and many…
JAPANESE COMBAT AIR OPERATIONS AROUND CLARK FIELD DURING THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN RETROGRADE MOVEMENT; DECEMBER 29, 1941 TO JANUARY 4, 1942 – 大東亜戦争初期におけるフィリピンにおける日本軍航空軍の戦闘作戦（1941年12月29日から1942年1月4日）
Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-30 light bombers from the 31st Sentai (Air Regiment). The same Ki-30swere used by the 5th Air Group, belonging to 16th Air Regiment, 4th Air Brigade that werebased at Vigan and Laoag Airfields and conducted air operations against…
AMERICAN SOLDIER’s IMPRESSION: MAJOR NORMAN E. THRALL, BATTLE OF BAMBAN HILLS 1945
In memory of Major Norman E. Thrall, KIA at Battle of Thrall Hill, Bamban, January 28, 1945. Investigating History:AMERICAN SOLDIER’s IMPRESSION: MAJOR NORMAN E. THRALL, BATTLE OF BAMBAN HILLS 1945Delivering the Talk on WWII History in the Philippines in Vigan…