Japanese Pillbox White Beach, San Jose, Tacloban City

Location: Tacloban City, Leyte

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II – Historical marker

Marker Date: 1979

Installed By: National Historical Institute (NHI)

JAPANESE PILLBOX
WHITE BEACH, SAN JOSE, TACLOBAN CITY

BUILT BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II AS PART OF THE FORTIFICATION AGAINST THE ALLIED LIBERATION FORCES LED BY GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ON D-DAY, 20 OCTOBER 1944. THE UNITED STATES MARINES CAPTURED AND USED IT AS SHELTER FROM AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS BY JAPANESE PLANES. AS WAR RELIC, THE DIO ISLAND RESORT HAS MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED IT FOR POSTERITY.

Tags: 1975, Buildings/Structures, Japanese Pillbox, Level II, Leyte, No photo available, Region VIII