Post by cbuehler on Dec 18, 2014 9:37:50 GMT 8
While I am still trying to digest this fantastic information...my mother in law lived in a Barrio of Tayug,Pangasinan, during the war. One of her most vivid recollections are of US Army 6x6 trucks racing past on the main highway south, loaded with the dead of the battles of the the passes just north of her. She remembers the horrible stench emanating from these trucks and the serious demeanor of the soldiers driving and riding along with them.
Two US General officers were killed in battle during the Liberation of the Philippines. General Patrick, commander of the 6th ID in the foothills of the Sierra Madre range east of Manila, and General Dalton, assistant commander of the 25th ID at Balete Pass, thereafter named for him.
This alone should give an idea of the kind of warfare that took place in the mountains of PI.
Karl, that Sherman tank near Malico is the first for me to see and I believe most others as well. Goes to show that there are more remains than most are aware of. There must have been much more such relics in years past, and I wonder what became of them.
If that tank were in Europe, we would know not only of its circumstances, but the names of its crew. Sadly, the largely forgotten Philippines holds no such hope.
The battles at Balete and Salacsac were yet another major stepping stone in General Krueger's (Yes, Karl, you most certainly do share something in common with him!) 6th Army campaigns on Luzon.
CB
Two US General officers were killed in battle during the Liberation of the Philippines. General Patrick, commander of the 6th ID in the foothills of the Sierra Madre range east of Manila, and General Dalton, assistant commander of the 25th ID at Balete Pass, thereafter named for him.
This alone should give an idea of the kind of warfare that took place in the mountains of PI.
Karl, that Sherman tank near Malico is the first for me to see and I believe most others as well. Goes to show that there are more remains than most are aware of. There must have been much more such relics in years past, and I wonder what became of them.
If that tank were in Europe, we would know not only of its circumstances, but the names of its crew. Sadly, the largely forgotten Philippines holds no such hope.
The battles at Balete and Salacsac were yet another major stepping stone in General Krueger's (Yes, Karl, you most certainly do share something in common with him!) 6th Army campaigns on Luzon.
CB
