{"id":3013,"date":"2013-06-30T07:51:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T11:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/?p=3013"},"modified":"2020-08-18T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:16:49","slug":"a-visit-to-the-palawan-military-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/a-visit-to-the-palawan-military-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"A Visit to the Palawan Military Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-QkqpjPd-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palawan Special Battalion WW2 Memorial Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>The island of Palawan and city of Puerto Princesa are one of the Philippines major tourist spots. People from all over the world come to visit this island paradise and witness the beauty. The island is also the site of the Palawan Military Museum, officially known as the Palawan Special Battalion WW2 Memorial Museum.<!--more--><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">In 1944 the area was controlled, as were the rest of the Philippines, by the Imperial Japanese Army which had captured the country and held the people along with US Military prisoners under brutal conditions. In Palawan, American POW\u2019s were being held in order to construct a Japanese airfield. The prisoners were held under harsh conditions with little to eat and a lack of medical care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-PGdJ6kW-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Palawan fighting 1000 roster\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Also during this time a local Doctor, who was the Palawan Governor from 1931-1938, organized the first Guerilla Unit (A Company) in Palawan on February 19, 1942, three months before the Japanese occupation of Palawan. Captain Higinio A. Mendoza, Sr. M.D.is considered a local and National hero today. His unit guarded the shorelines and watched out for enemy activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-b8v3Kvc-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"American Military weapons\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The members of the Palawan Fighting One Thousand Guerrilla Unit of World War II, as they are known, were instrumental in uncovering and executing Japanese spies. As a result of the units success the Japanese had him listed as one of the most wanted men in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-9GKkQ7W-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Thompson Sub Machine Gun and grease Gun\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">On January 7, 1944, the Japanese captured Dr. Mendoza and on January 24, 1944, he was taken to an isolated spot in Canigaran. There he was made to dig his own grave, then shot and beheaded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-d4dKMNK-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Palawan Special Battalion museum memorial\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">On Dec 7, 2011, the 70<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and invasion of the Philippines, Dr Mendoza\u2019s son, Higinio C. Mendoza, known as Buddy Mendoza, opened the <em><strong>Palawan Special Battalion WW-II Memorial Museum<\/strong><\/em> in Puerto Princesa. Dedicating the Palawan Military museum to his father and the other brave guerrillas that fought during the war. The museum boasts artifacts from WW2 and other memorabilia that Buddy has collected over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-6pDzq58-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"WW2 Willy's Jeep\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">From a WW2 era Willy\u2019s jeep to .50 caliber guns, rifles, pistols and photos that chronicle the war era and that of the Palawan POW\u2019s, the museum brings to life a time which many people today never knew of. Artifacts from the American Muslim conflict in the early 1900&#8217;s and a 1957 Buick are also on display.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-NQ6SZwQ-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"1957 Buick\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">In 1944 the US Military returned to the Philippines to liberate the islands. The US had been sending flights over the island and had conducted a few bombing runs. The prisoners in Palawan, officially designated as Camp 10-A, had dug air raid shelters in order to escape any bombs dropped on the camp. The Japanese army had been seeing ships passing by and had endured a few raids so they knew a landing force was imminent.\u00a0 With each bombing run or ship sighting the treatment of the POW\u2019s got worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-zL6Q6v9-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese heavy machine gun\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">WW2 Japanese Heavy Machine Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">On Dec 14, 1944 around 2pm the air raid siren sounded once again and the POW\u2019s were herded into air raid shelters. After they had entered the shelters the slaughter commenced with the Japanese guards dousing the shelters with gasoline and setting them on fire. With the prisoners screaming and attempting to escape the burning hell the guards opened up with machine gun fire and began bayoneting and clubbing the prisoners to death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-Zw5ncbm-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese Barracks Veranda in POW Camp\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Initially 30-40 prisoners escaped to the water\u2019s edge, hiding among the rocks or attempting to swim across the bay. The slaughter continued until dark with the Japanese guards shooting the prisoners swimming in the waters and hunting them down among the rocks on the shore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-MVRXq47-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Plaza Cuartel\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Out of the 146 enlisted men and four officers held in the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.historynet.com\/american-prisoners-of-war-massacre-at-palawan.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Palawan prison camp<\/a>, 11 men survived the massacre. Most of the survivors swam across the bay and were eventually rescued by the inmates of Palawan&#8217;s <a title=\"Welcome to Prison\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/welcome-to-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iwahig Penal Colony<\/a>, where several of the officials in charge were involved with the local resistance movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-T4GQpFV-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"POW Camp Main Gate\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main gate of the former POW Camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Today the site of the massacre is a tranquil park. The only remains are the main entrance gate and a memorial now stands on the site of the massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-kvNnfDp-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Plaza Cuartel Park\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plaza Cuartel Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">When the US forces arrived on the island and discovered what happened they became concerned the same fate would fall upon other POW\u2019s. As a result one of the most successful raids in military history was conducted in <b>Cabanatuan<\/b>, also known as <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raid_at_Cabanatuan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Great Raid<\/a>,<\/strong><\/em> where US Army Rangers freed over 500 POW\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-ZRnjHpZ-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Plaza Cuartel Memorial Park\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">With the time since WW2 fading away, and the veterans of that war rapidly dying off, it is the effort of people like Buddy Mendoza and others that continue to educate the younger generation of the sacrifices and struggles that so many endured during those years when the world was at war. And to remember that <strong><em><a title=\"Manila American Cemetery and Memorial\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thetravellingfool.com\/manila-american-cemetery-and-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some made the ultimate sacrifice<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/i-RCSLpXf-M-1.jpg\" alt=\"Plaza Cuartel Memorial\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorial on the site of POW Massacre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The Palawan Special Battalion WW-2 Museum is located close to the airport at Rizal Avenue Extension, Baragay Bancao-Bancao, 5300 Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Palawan-Special-Battalion-WW-II-Memorial-Museum\/246665682055327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Museum Facebook Page<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The location of the POW Internment Camp is now a park: Plaza Cuartel located adjacent to Immaculate Conception Cathedral, the city\u2019s main Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-gyg-partner-id=\"NJLOM2G\" data-gyg-number-of-items=\"4\" data-gyg-currency=\"USD\" data-gyg-locale-code=\"en-US\" data-gyg-id=\"code-example\" data-gyg-q=\"palawan\" data-gyg-widget=\"activites\" data-gyg-href=\"\/\/widget.getyourguide.com\/NJLOM2G\/activities.frame\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10325\" src=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Palawan-Military-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"Palawan Philippines Museum\" width=\"735\" height=\"1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Palawan-Military-Museum.jpg 735w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Palawan-Military-Museum-380x570.jpg 380w, https:\/\/thetravellingfool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Palawan-Military-Museum-594x890.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The island of Palawan and city of Puerto Princesa are one of the Philippines major tourist spots. 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