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MacArthur Landing Memorial Park Photos (October 20, 2014)

October 20, 2014 By Victorino Q. Abrugar 4 Comments

It’s the 70th Anniversary of the Leyte Gulf Landing! So I decided to visit Macarthur Landing Memorial National Park to take some photos and share them to everyone, especially to the Leyteños who are already missing the place. As one of the residents of Leyte, I had many great memories here. We used to spend time in this park with my barkadas in college to play around, chitchat, and enjoy some picnic.

Perhaps many people are wondering how the park already looked like after almost a year since super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) struck Leyte and central Visayas on November 8, 2013. So if you want to take a look at the park now, here are several photos I took this afternoon to give you some feeling of being in one of the most historical and personally sentimental parks in the world.

The sign of MacArthur Park

The sign of MacArthur Park

Pedicab drivers in MacArthur Park

A better tourism industry means more passengers and income for our pedicab drivers.

Philippine Flag in MacArthur Park

The Philippine Flag in MacArthur Park. We’re already getting near the famous monuments.

Selling balloons in MacArthur Park

Balloon vendors are here in MacArthur Park.

A flower to honor our heroes

A flower to honor the bravery of our soldiers.

Proclamation as a historical site

A decree proclaiming MacArthur Park as a national historical site.

Taking pictures with MacArthur

Many people want to take pictures with the monuments of MacArthur and other men.

Immortalized monuments

Monuments immortalize personalities.

MacArthur Park Trivia

Here’s an important trivia for us.

MacArthur Monuments with people

They are tall. And they are the real celebrities.

Closer look at MacArthur monuments

A closer look at the monuments of General Douglas MacArthur with President Sergio Osmeña, Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo and other soldiers.

The rear view of MacArthur monuments

The rear view

MacArthur Footprints

Are these the footprints of General Douglas MacArthur?

Australian Memorial Stone

A new memorial stone erected in MacArthur Park to honor the bravery of the Australian soldiers who helped in the liberation of the Philippines during World War 2 and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Australian soldiers in WW2 memorial

The names of the brave Australian soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War 2 to liberate the Philippines are transcribed in this commemorative stone or marker.

Australian Memorial Marker

The memorial stone of the Australian soldiers with the monuments of General Douglas MacArthur and the allied forces.

Jet ski race

There’s a Jet Ski race happening here.

Crowd at MacArthur Park

I’m glad to see many people here. Beautiful trees, aren’t they?

Swimming in Red Beach

There’s a lot of people swimming at the Red Beach.

Teens playing at MacArthur Park

Just like us, when we were still in college. Oh I miss my college barkadas now.

Sunny day

The sun’s rays are scorching.

The survivors

The people and the trees, they are survivors.

A sign of recovery.

A sign of recovery. We are rising.

Green plants and grass

The green green grasses and plants are already here.

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A monument of peace.

These words are transcribed in this monument. “This commemorative rock garden is a monument of peace. It is dedicated to peoples of all nations who share and cherish the same ideals of freedom and democracy. Rock tablets from peace-loving countries are found in this garden, each one carrying a message of solidarity, friendship and goodwill.”

Messages of Peace

Messages of peace and friendship from the leaders around the world can be read here.

Rock Garden Monument

The monument of the commemorative Rock Garden. Did I name it correctly?

The Rock Garden

The beauty of the Rock Garden in MacArthur Park is getting back.

MacArthur Park garden and trees

It’s a sunny sunny day but thanks to these trees that give us some shady place.

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The buko corner

The buko corner. Did you miss this place in MacArthur Park?

Buko Juice at MacArthur Park

I missed drinking fresh buko juice here.

Buko and Corn at MacArthur Park

My lunch. 🙂

The Boy Scout Monument in Palo

The Boy Scout Monument in Government Center, Palo. If you’ll walk from MacArthur Park to BIR, you’ll see him.

8 Facts about the Battle of Leyte Gulf that Will Blow Your Mind

October 19, 2014 By Victorino Q. Abrugar 30 Comments

Douglas MacArthur Leyte Landing

General Douglas MacArthur with President Sergio Osmeña, Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo and the Allied Forces landing in Palo Beach in Leyte on October 20, 1944. Picture taken by U.S. Army Signal Corps officer Gaetano Faillace.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf (also called The Battles of Leyte Gulf) is remembered by many historians as the largest naval battle ever fought in our modern history. It was an epic battle between the Japanese Imperial Navy and the US Navy (with some help from the Australian Royal Navy) that was fought in 4 separate engagements near the islands of Leyte, Samar and Luzon from October 23 to 26 in 1944.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf started a few days after the Allied Forces, under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, landed in Palo Beach in Leyte on October 20, 1944. Although only a local holiday in Leyte, the Leyte Landing is commemorated every year on the same date by Filipinos and World War II veterans. [Read more…]

General Douglas MacArthur and the Battle of Leyte

October 16, 2014 By Lyza R. Sabornido Leave a Comment

MacArthur Landing Memorial Park

The monuments in MacArthur Landing Memorial Park as of August 2014.

Whenever we hear the name General Douglas MacArthur, the first thing that comes to our mind was the promise he made after he was forced to leave the Philippines in 1942 which is the famous “I shall return”. He was able to realize this oath on October 20, 1944. It is one of the most remarkable events not only here in the Philippines but of United States as well. Hence, both countries commemorate the Leyte Gulf Landing or more popularly known as Leyte Gulf Landing every 20th day of October. It had been written down on history as the turning point of the World War II, we have read about it since grade school but there are still so many things we don’t know about this momentous event and the person who became the symbol of our liberation from the oppression of Japanese Empire. So let me take you back to one of the darkest time in the history of mankind and let us get to know the man who did not only changed the course of World War II, but of the entire world’s future as well. [Read more…]

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