PHILIPPINES WWII HISTORY TOUR
A tour for a cause by Edna Binkowski
Edna Bautista Binkowski, author of the book CODE NAME HIGH POCKETS (true story of Claire Phillips, an American woman who spied against the Japanese officials during WWII in the Philippines), narrates the beginning of the war up to liberation as she takes you to the former battle sites and memorials.
An advocate of preserving Bataan History, she rehabilitates abandoned markers and war memorials on Bataan. She built the HOSPITAL ONE memorial in Limay, Bataan. Ongoing project: HOSPITAL TWO (aka Jungle Hospital) in Cabcaben, Mariveles.
ITINERARY
Apr 3 Fri - Arrive Manila. Transfer from airport to hotel.
Apr 4 Sat - Manila City Tour: Intramuros, Fort Santiago, lunch at Manila Hotel, Santo Tomas University, American Cemetery. Welcome Dinner. Edna sings for you at Swagman Restaurant.
Apr 5 Sun - Corregidor Day Tour
Apr 6 Mon - Manila-Clark Museum-Subic (narration of the Dec. 8 1941 bombing)
Apr 7 Thu - Subic Tour, visit the Hellship Memorial, and Las Casas Tour (Spanish Heritage homes in Bagac, Bataan), reflect on the Battle of the Points.
Apr 8 Fri - Bataan. Visit the Zero Kilometer, death march markers and other Memorials. Tentatively, dedication of the proposed JUNGLE Hospital Marker.
Apr 9 Thu - Observe the Mt. Samat Ceremony DAY OF VALOR. Visit the San Fernando Train Station where the POWs were carried by box cars to Camp O’Donnell.
Apr 10 Fri - Visit the former Camp O’Donnell now called Capas Shrine and reflect on the miserable life of the POWs in captivity in this very sad place.
Apr 11 Sat - Visit the Cabanatuan memorial and reflect on the role of the underground that smuggled money, medicine, letters to the POWs and the daring rescue of of the POWs by the liberating forces. Farewell dinner show in Intramuros.
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