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Post by VeeVee on Dec 21, 2007 10:28:43 GMT -5
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Post by legionnaire on Dec 21, 2007 16:02:05 GMT -5
Great work Victor! Thanks for posting. I will add the Ninger name in a slide show I have been assembling.
We were told by the Filipina Director of the Los Angeles National cemetery that the Manila American Cememtery is
THE Biggest US National cemetery outside the US, bigger than the one in Normandy.
American Cemetery in Manila- 17,202 US war dead are buried at 152 acres on Philippine soil.
Normandy, France American Cemetery- 9,387 US war dead are buried on 172.5 acres on French soil.
Philip
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Post by dober on Jul 15, 2008 21:43:25 GMT -5
Hi guys!
Haven't visited this forum for a while...
Just a bit of note lang and please correct me if i'm wrong...the American Memorial (also known as the ABM or American Battle Memorial) is not the Libingan ng mga Bayani..... the Libingan ng mga Bayani is the Local (Phil) counterpart of the ABM which is located about a kilometer further south..(but still inside Ft. Bonifacio)...that's where phil. historical figures/ ex-presidents and members of the afp are interred..... the last "burrial" made at the ABM was i think in 1947....
dober
ps. and yes, the ABM is bigger than that of it's counterpart in normandy (which is what the handout says) cheers!
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 15, 2008 22:04:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the correction Dober. That was my mistake.
Cheers. -victor
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Post by dober on Jul 16, 2008 3:16:23 GMT -5
No sweat victor!
I sometimes visit the place with my family....a really nice and tranquile place to meditate....
Just to go further, the names etched on the walls are the men declared missing in action, i think around 53,000 more or less, from the whole of the pacific theatre of operations....it's usually updated once in a while before when some of the missing personnel's bodies were later recovered and identified....
The 17,000 you earlier mentioned is just the number of those burried there represented by the number of crosses and star of davids, generally from operations here in the Philippines.....
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Post by legionnaire on Aug 18, 2008 22:43:46 GMT -5
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Post by VeeVee on Feb 15, 2011 16:06:27 GMT -5
A friend of mine who's a serious photography hobbyist went with some other photographers to the American Cemetery to indulge in their artistic pursuits. She shared some of the photos with me including this one below. (click for bigger)  My reaction was... Why was Lt. Bianchi's name cut off? She was surprised that I knew the name on the wall even though it was incomplete (and accused me of being a nerd). Apparently they were told by officials that they weren't supposed to photograph complete recognizeable names (maybe for commercial purposes?). So she had intentionally cut out the rest of Lt. Bianchi's name. I told her that Lt. Bianchi was a Philippine Scout, 45th Infantry and recipient of the MOH. The name she photographed couldn't have been another person. She said she wanted to photograph a Medal of Honor name in gold and this was the only one she could find that had reasonable shiny reflection on it. I asked her when did she snap the picture... And said, well you happened to take the picture on his death anniversary.... (duhn duhn duhn!)
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Post by outryder on Jul 10, 2011 13:34:46 GMT -5
Hey guy's maybe you can help me. i just found this site and registered. any way i am trying to find out some information on my wives family. She told me that both her grand fathers were veterans of world war 2 but doesn't know much else. Can you may be give me a hint on how i can find out more?
Her dad's name is Roseno Domingo, and i think he was from Sual,llocos Phillipines. i know her dad is from Pangasinan. any help is apreciated
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Post by legionnaire on Jul 10, 2011 20:33:00 GMT -5
Hi outryder,
Was Roseno Domingo in the PS, PA ? Were is he buried?
Philip
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