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Post by Karl Welteke on Mar 15, 2018 15:34:22 GMT 8
POW Camp O’Donnell, very old pictures, 1967. These pictures came from the Facebook page: Philippine-American WWII POW/MIA Research Group. Harry Larrabee Sr. is the contributor. He gave me permission to use them, thank you Harry! He said this: Bob L and Dave M, I took these photos in 1967 while traveling from Clark Air Base to Camp O'Donnell. These photos were copied from 35mm slides, sorry for the lack of clarity due to the age of the photos and the type of camera I used. This is the URL: www.facebook.com/groups/218013661723510/permalink/777421145782756/Za709. Death March Monument Entrance 1967, Capas, Tarlac, photo from Harry Larrabee Sr. Za710. Death March Monument Entrance 1967, Capas, Tarlac, photo from Harry Larrabee Sr. Za711. Entrance to Camp O'Donnell showing the end of the Bataan Death March, photo from Harry Larrabee Sr. Za712. Monument at Camp O'Donnell regarding the Bataan Death March, photo from Harry Larrabee Sr.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2018 11:11:31 GMT 8
About that photo, dmether said, "Thiis a shot of Camp O'Donnell on 11 July 1946. Not sure if this is were the POW camp was or was it the Camp O'Donnell nearby?" I'd like to know if that could really be O'Donnell in 1946. BBB says the buildings that had housed prisoners were mostly burned down. Other photos show only a few scattered buildings remaining at that time. Also, this photo seems to show vegetation and terrain that look like they must belong somewhere else (e.g., the California desert). My dad's memoirs seem to say he participated in bulldozing space for building at O'Donnell in spring 1946. I wouldn't think they would have rebuilt a bunch of barracks that were never used. Note from Karl: I have doubts. The post WWII pictures I seen the grass was growing wildly among the graves!
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Post by Karl Welteke on Sept 7, 2020 1:51:00 GMT 8
The Sack of Cement Cross - John Olson’s Last Military Campaign. A virtual event about The Bataan Death March and The Sack of Cement Cross made by POWs in memory of the 1,547 who died at Camp O’Donnell. When? Thursday, 17th Sep. 2020 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM HST Location? Online Event. You got to register; this is the URL: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sack-of-cement-cross-john-olsons-last-military-campaign-tickets-118216967131?fbclid=IwAR1j3nFsQeOI9BH3XU9xn9u62jCOueifl-nalgVZYxTgvwrC8NTEKoqF860Here are two images from the above URL: Zd090. Sack of Cement Cross, virtual event 1 from Randy Olson Zd091. Sack of Cement Cross, virtual event 2 from Randy Olson PANEL MEMBERS Gia Wagner, Superintendent, National Prisoner of War Museum Randy Olson (Moderator), Filmmaker, son of Col. John Olson Chris Schaefer, Filmmaker/Historian Fred Baldassarre, Historian Dan Crowley, 98 yr old veteran of Bataan, former P.O.W. John Eakin, Specialist, Identification of MIA/KIA remains Three of the gentlemen, we already know from this forum: Fred Baldassarre, Historian; Dan Crowley, 98-year-old veteran of Bataan, former P.O.W.; John Eakin, Specialist, Identification of MIA/KIA remains. Randy Olson (Moderator), Filmmaker, son of Col. John Olson has this Facebook page: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3429008He has these posts of his Facebook page: Zd092. Sack of Cement Cross, virtual event 3 from Randy Olson Zd093. Sack of Cement Cross, this is the video URL from Randy Anderson’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AndersonvilleNPS/videos/1000587743712632I was pleasantly surprised that I got all this information from Jennifer Cordero, a Filipina at Manila and the best friend of Mike Ross. Mike was a friend of Corregidor and the Philippines. He came to the Philippines as a Peace Corps Volunteer and stayed there. He passed away recently and Jennifer ask me to help her get permission the spread his ashes on Corregidor. The Corregidor Foundation Inc (CFI) graciously gave permission. Mike, Rest in Peace!
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