Wartime & Liberation

  1. Formation of the guerilla movement – how a group of patriotic soldiers who evaded Japanese capture when Corregidor fell became a fierce fighting force in Pasuquin.
  2. A View From Sentinela Hill – Dr. Valentin Salmon, a bolo man during World War ll, remembers the last days of the Japanese Occupation from his vantage point at the Sentinela Hill.
  3. A collage of photos taken of PPHS students and teachers just after the war.
  4. Veterans of World War ll – a photograph of the widows of soldiers who died during World War ll, flanked by veterans.
  5. Women’s Auxiliary Service and Fleet Reserve Association – photo of the officers and members of the associations of the bereaved families of veterans of World War ll
  6. War Widows of World War ll – photo of war widows performing at the “Teatro”.
  7. Binirec during the war – a short story of how Barrio Binirec served the resistance during World War ll.
  8. The Murder of the Japanese Commander – a short story of the ambush by local resistance of a Japanese officer stationed in Pasuquin, and the grim consequences.
  9. Just another day during the Japanese Occupation – a daily ritual that the townspeople had to go through.
  10. Photo collage – various photographs taken after Liberation.
  11. Photo collage – the legionnaires, Gen. Vicente Lim, Post No. 14
  12. House of Execution – two members of the municipal government were mistakenly executed here, a house that still stands to this day.
  13. Liberation and Reconstruction – the final days of World War ll and the Pasuquin guerillas that were involved in the military unit that helped in the surrender of General Yamamoto

Please Help

We’re looking for a TPHS home in Poblacion Pasuquin to house historical exhibits and an operations staff.

Our preferences are in the following order:
a) An indoor space fit for occupancy that is presently unoccupied such as a ground floor or second floor of a 2-storey house or building, or b) a rundown bungalow with structural framing intact, or c) a vacant lot.

Please email us at tphs2020@gmail.com. We can discuss a number of options as to how we propose to move forward. Thank you!

Address

The Pasuquin Historical Society (TPHS)
Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte
PHILIPPINES

TEL: +639167049630
tphs2020@gmail.com