Puerto Princesa City Tour: A visit to Plaza Cuartel, Iwahig Firefly and Iwahig Prison
Plaza Cuartel. Sa pook na ito na dating tanggulang militar noong ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig naganap ang pagsunong ng mga sundalong Hapon sa humigit kumulang 150 amerikanong bihag ng digma noong 14 Disyembre 1944. Ilang nakaligtas ay lumangoy sa dagat patungong Iwahig. Ang mga labi ng mga nasawi ay dinala at inilibing sa St Louis County sa isang pangkalahatang libingan sa Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri, Estados Unidos, 1952. *** Plaza Cuartel. *** Plaza Cuartel. *** The commemorative marker with the sculpture of Don Schloat, an American veteran and was once a POW in Palawan. More story here. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2009/Dec/13/veteran-wont-let-massacre-be-forgotten/ *** Valley Center artist Don Schloat is a World War II veteran who recently dedicated a memorial in the Philippines to 139 American POWs massacred by their Japanese captors Dec. 14, 1944. Prisoners at the camp, on the...