By AnacBamban
We at the JCI Bamban Kayabe/BHS firmly believe that our veterans of WWII deserve the highest respect and admiration for their sacrifice and love of freedom in their fight against foreign invaders. The names of these veterans be their Commonwealth Army (USAFFE), Philippine Scouts, or USAFFE and Hukbalahap guerillas etched in the history of our struggle as a nation must be remembered, the living and the dead. Theirs is a legacy of heritage that must be calculated in the heart and spirit of our generation. It is in the concept of historical and cultural paramount that the organization, the Bamban Historical Society was created and established. Hence, it is just fitting that such Veterans’ Week, the 67th Anniversary of the Araw ng Kagitingan be celebrated and observed by us in the highest form of participation.
JCI Bamban Kayabe, with its sister organization, the Bamban Historical Society, earmarked three special projects for the Veterans’ Week. Operation Bayang Matangkilik has been launched as a brainchild of Rhonie Dela Cruz, himself a product of veteran family. Coordinating with the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and concerned government agencies, a delegation was sent to
The delegation was warmly welcomed by various veteran organizations like the Defenders of Bataan and
In the final program of the JCI Bamban Kayabe, an exhibit for WWII was launched at the foot of the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, the site of the 40th Division Memorial on April 8 (Holy Wednesday) in the afternoon up to April 9 (Good Friday). The exhibit shows images and photographic mural of the Battle of Bamban in 1945 (Liberation) with the Filipino, American, and Japanese military during the campaign and the town as it was ravaged by the result of the great battles for the control of Bamban Hills and Clark. Hundreds of visitors and tourists went to the exhibit hall inside the memorial and were impressed with the collections as a portal to the history of the place that was as sacred to the pilgrims as to the Filipino, American, and Japanese soldiers who shed blood and tears in that place called Grotto, Hill 500, and Hoshino-yama.
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