Our next destination was supposed to be Corregidor, but we got side tracked in Mariveles on the way down. We were heading south to see about renting a banca, the traditional Filipino outrigger boat, which could take us out to…
Finding History – Ishibashiyama
A party of samurai camped on a mountainside south of modern day Odawara, answering the call to rise up against the Taira clan who had seized power and replaced the reigning emperor with a puppet of their own bloodline.…
Consecrated in the Blood of Two Peoples: Bataan (Part I)
Consecrated in the Blood of Two Peoples: Bataan War Memorials at Layac Junction and Mt. Samat (Part I) Today (Apr. 9, 2017) marks 75 years since the end of the Battle of Bataan. On Bataan, American and Filipino soldiers fought…
Nagoya Castle: History Lost and Regained
This week, in between Mr. Krigbaum’s articles on WWII in The Philippines, I will go back to talking about castles here in Japan. Nagoya Castle is a grand reconstructed castle a couple of hours south of Tokyo by shinkansen with…