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Plaza Cuartel-September 2024
Sep 28, 2024

  Behind the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral (c 1872), this restored WWII garrison is the site of an open-air war museum and shrine to American prisoners of war burned alive here by the Japanese on 14 December 1944 – an incident known as the Palawan Massacre. Only 11 of the 154 survived.

  Large placards display photos of the war years and outline Palawan's strategically important role in WWII.

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