Post by Karl Welteke on Sept 14, 2014 9:34:27 GMT 8
BALETE OR DALTON PASS SHRINE AND MONUMENTS 2014-08-19
On my way from San Nicolas in Pangasinan, on the bottom of the Villa Verde Trail to Santa Fe in Nueva Viscaya, the end of the Villa Verde Trail I stopped at the Balete or Dalton Pass. Since the Villa Verde Trail can’t be used by vehicles one got to drive south to San Jose in Nueva Ecija, around the bottom of the Caraballo Mountain Spur and then about 60 km north to the pass.
Philippine National Road No. 5 goes thru the pass and is the only practical way to get to the Cagayan Valley and the Ifugao Province. Countless people pass thru here and know about the Balete Pass Shrine and many stop to have a look. So did I and took pictures and made this album with 47 images and all have a description plus the pictures are larger than the 13 sample picture presented here. This is the album:
tinyurl.com/ocf4opz
The 13 sample images of the Balete Pass Shrine:
Z857--- the boundary between the Nueva Ecija and the Nueva Viscaya provinces at the Balete or Dalton Pass; this is the Nueva Ecija good bye and welcome gate. The Region II boundary obelisk marker is at left.
Z879--- the Google Earth big picture where the Balete or Dalton Pass is and how it fits into the Balete Pass and Villa Verde Battle Fronts.
Z880--- the Balete Pass Shrine is really on the Nueva Viscaya Province side and they are behind maintaining it. The shrine has 4 levels, we are looking east and down onto the Pass from the 4th level.
Z881--- we are at the 2nd level of the Balete or Dalton Pass Shrine and this level is dedicated to the Chinese Oversea Wartime Hsuehkan Militia Memorial. The level with the Japanese Memorials is up at the 3rd level.
Z882--- the plaque of the Chinese Oversea Wartime Hsuehkan Militia Memorial, I hope that the people who aligned themselves with the Japanese aggressor read it and learn that these imperialistic Asians loved to murder other Asians.
I never knew about these warriors and the establishment of monuments proves to me they are very helpful in recalling history and for us to reflect on the past.
I copy one sentence from this plaque and like to reflect on it: “Without regard to International Law, the invader arrested and later executed Dr. Kwangson Young; then Chinese Consul –General in Manila, together with seven officials of the Chinese Consulate. Over a hundred well-known Chinese residents in the city were thrown to the detention cells”.
The Japanese brutality extended to thousands other including many Filipinos.
I like to ask what were those people thinking when they aligned themselves with the enemy?
?
Z883---8 plaques are dedicated to these Filipino-Chinese Warriors who died here in the Balete Pass Battle to liberate the Philippines, one plaque is missing.
To all the political correct people who love to bad-mouth soldiering, this is what the military service is all about, to defend ones country against aggression. That is what these people did for you and paid the ultimate price.
Z884--- from the Chinese Oversea Wartime Hsuehkan Militia Memorial level I walked up to the 3rd level of the Balete or Dalton Pass Shrine where all the Japanese Memorial Markers are. This is your 1st view when you step on the area of the 3rd level with the Japanese Memorial Markers at the Balete or Dalton Pass Shrine.
Z885--- at the east side of the Japanese Memorial Markers on the 3rd level of the Balete or Dalton Memorial Shrine is this massive stone pane. On this side the writing is in Japanese.
Z886---This is what this rock pane says:
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN These places-these fields and hills around Balete-are the sites of battle where for half a year, from January 1945, the Japanese Units Tetsu, Geki, and Izumi and the U. S.-Filipino Allied Forces fought a succession of inconceivable fierce battles against each other dying the ground with the blood of numberless wounded and dead. More than 17,000 soldiers from both sides died here in the course of fighting. The domination of North Luzon, for which they struggled, was of decisive importance in the tide of the war. We dedicate this monument here to honor those brave and loyal Soldiers, fallen in battle and also wish everlasting peace to the entire world.
This Memorial was established by the families and fellow soldiers of the fallen.
Z887--- on the back of another Japanese rock monument it says the above.
This is a little more background as to how these Japanese Memorial Markers got established. A question comes to my mind: What would Russia say if the Germans would like to establish war monuments in Russia?
Z888--- this sign says everything, see the list, it is this way up, follow the arrow but what is that standing above this sign. Why is there no sign to that marker above which is the 25th Inf. Div. Memorial, Monument, most likely put here in 1945.
Z889--- This is the plaque of the 25th Inf. Div. who done the job and broke the desperate Japanese defense here at the Balete Pass. Yes, this was the language of the war and many years after it until the political correct people came along.
Z890--- This is the Balete or Dalton Memorial Shrine; we are looking up from the Region 2 Boundary Marker. If you looked careful at my album you should be able to identify the 2nd,-3nd and 4th level of the shrine.
On my way from San Nicolas in Pangasinan, on the bottom of the Villa Verde Trail to Santa Fe in Nueva Viscaya, the end of the Villa Verde Trail I stopped at the Balete or Dalton Pass. Since the Villa Verde Trail can’t be used by vehicles one got to drive south to San Jose in Nueva Ecija, around the bottom of the Caraballo Mountain Spur and then about 60 km north to the pass.
Philippine National Road No. 5 goes thru the pass and is the only practical way to get to the Cagayan Valley and the Ifugao Province. Countless people pass thru here and know about the Balete Pass Shrine and many stop to have a look. So did I and took pictures and made this album with 47 images and all have a description plus the pictures are larger than the 13 sample picture presented here. This is the album:
tinyurl.com/ocf4opz
The 13 sample images of the Balete Pass Shrine:
Z857--- the boundary between the Nueva Ecija and the Nueva Viscaya provinces at the Balete or Dalton Pass; this is the Nueva Ecija good bye and welcome gate. The Region II boundary obelisk marker is at left.
Z879--- the Google Earth big picture where the Balete or Dalton Pass is and how it fits into the Balete Pass and Villa Verde Battle Fronts.
Z880--- the Balete Pass Shrine is really on the Nueva Viscaya Province side and they are behind maintaining it. The shrine has 4 levels, we are looking east and down onto the Pass from the 4th level.
Z881--- we are at the 2nd level of the Balete or Dalton Pass Shrine and this level is dedicated to the Chinese Oversea Wartime Hsuehkan Militia Memorial. The level with the Japanese Memorials is up at the 3rd level.
Z882--- the plaque of the Chinese Oversea Wartime Hsuehkan Militia Memorial, I hope that the people who aligned themselves with the Japanese aggressor read it and learn that these imperialistic Asians loved to murder other Asians.
I never knew about these warriors and the establishment of monuments proves to me they are very helpful in recalling history and for us to reflect on the past.
I copy one sentence from this plaque and like to reflect on it: “Without regard to International Law, the invader arrested and later executed Dr. Kwangson Young; then Chinese Consul –General in Manila, together with seven officials of the Chinese Consulate. Over a hundred well-known Chinese residents in the city were thrown to the detention cells”.
The Japanese brutality extended to thousands other including many Filipinos.
I like to ask what were those people thinking when they aligned themselves with the enemy?
?
Z883---8 plaques are dedicated to these Filipino-Chinese Warriors who died here in the Balete Pass Battle to liberate the Philippines, one plaque is missing.
To all the political correct people who love to bad-mouth soldiering, this is what the military service is all about, to defend ones country against aggression. That is what these people did for you and paid the ultimate price.
Z884--- from the Chinese Oversea Wartime Hsuehkan Militia Memorial level I walked up to the 3rd level of the Balete or Dalton Pass Shrine where all the Japanese Memorial Markers are. This is your 1st view when you step on the area of the 3rd level with the Japanese Memorial Markers at the Balete or Dalton Pass Shrine.
Z885--- at the east side of the Japanese Memorial Markers on the 3rd level of the Balete or Dalton Memorial Shrine is this massive stone pane. On this side the writing is in Japanese.
Z886---This is what this rock pane says:
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN These places-these fields and hills around Balete-are the sites of battle where for half a year, from January 1945, the Japanese Units Tetsu, Geki, and Izumi and the U. S.-Filipino Allied Forces fought a succession of inconceivable fierce battles against each other dying the ground with the blood of numberless wounded and dead. More than 17,000 soldiers from both sides died here in the course of fighting. The domination of North Luzon, for which they struggled, was of decisive importance in the tide of the war. We dedicate this monument here to honor those brave and loyal Soldiers, fallen in battle and also wish everlasting peace to the entire world.
This Memorial was established by the families and fellow soldiers of the fallen.
Z887--- on the back of another Japanese rock monument it says the above.
This is a little more background as to how these Japanese Memorial Markers got established. A question comes to my mind: What would Russia say if the Germans would like to establish war monuments in Russia?
Z888--- this sign says everything, see the list, it is this way up, follow the arrow but what is that standing above this sign. Why is there no sign to that marker above which is the 25th Inf. Div. Memorial, Monument, most likely put here in 1945.
Z889--- This is the plaque of the 25th Inf. Div. who done the job and broke the desperate Japanese defense here at the Balete Pass. Yes, this was the language of the war and many years after it until the political correct people came along.
Z890--- This is the Balete or Dalton Memorial Shrine; we are looking up from the Region 2 Boundary Marker. If you looked careful at my album you should be able to identify the 2nd,-3nd and 4th level of the shrine.
