“Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground
Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down…”
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)
With apologies to all the Filipino insurgents and war veterans of years gone by, from the island fighters who fought all the foreign invaders, the Katipuneros, to today’s freedom-fighters – my photos are only limited to those of Manila and Corregidor Island off Manila Bay, taken June 11 & 12, 2011.
Happy Independence Day to all! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Photos above: Malinta Tunnel complex deep inside the mountains of Corregidor Island, Manila Bay
Famous promise made… and kept.
Ruins of US and Filipino military barracks, after tremendous bombings during World War II
Pacific War Memorial erected to honor Filipino and American WW II soldiers
Caballo Island, Manila Bay
Among the subjects taken up during recent talks between Pres. Noy Aquino and US Pres. Barack Obama. Caballo Island, off Corregidor, is full of unexploded WWII ordnance.
June 12, 2011, Manila
Today’s war front: seeking freedom from poverty. A family on wheels, moves on to find greener pastures…
Happy Independence day. Nice historic pictures, nice also to see whether we are poor or not, family ties are strong, it seems/shows that this family – all that they have – is in this push cart, but still all happy together. Sad to say the Phil. (& most Filipino people) are very dependent on other countries’ help… how and when will this poverty end…?