National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures

Location: Puerto Princesa City, Palawan
Category: Buildings/Structures, Sites/Events
Type: Military Structure, Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: 5 March 2005
Installed By: National Historical Institute (NHI)

PLAZA CUARTEL

ON THIS SITE, ONCE A MILITARY BASE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, SOME 150 AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR WERE BURNED TO DEATH BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS, 14 DECEMBER 1944. A FEW SURVIVORS SWAM TO IWAHIG. THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO DIED WERE BROUGHT AND INTERRED IN A COMMON GRAVE AT THE JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1952.

Tags: 2005, Buildings/Structures, Level II, Military Structure, Palawan, Plaza Cuartel, Region IV-B, Sites/Events

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