Use of Satellite Images to
View Sites of POW Camps and Related
Locations
Chart of POW Camps and Related Sites in the Philippines:
Notes: 1. PMPC = Philippine Military Prison Camp
2. You will have to scroll right to see all of the printing on some
lines.
3. Red characters for coordinates indicates approximate location.
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POW Sites |
Island/Area |
Google Earth "Fly To" Entry |
POW Work |
Date Camp Opened |
Date Camp Closed |
Changes in POW Camp Designation & Notes |
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1 |
Bachrach Garage - PMPC #8 |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 36.2' N 120° 58.0' E |
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Bayambang - PMPC #5 |
Luzon |
15° 48.567' N 120° 27.433' E |
23 POWs sent cards from PMPC #5 |
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Bilibid Prison - See Old Bilibid |
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Cabanatuan #1 - PMPC #1 |
Luzon |
15° 30.5750' N 121° 2.6767' E |
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05/30/42 |
01/30/45 |
POWs liberated by "The Great Raid" |
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Cabanatuan #2 |
Luzon |
15° 32.467' N 121° 4.800' E |
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05/29/42 |
06/03/42 |
Closed due to lack of water |
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Cabanatuan #3 |
Luzon |
15° 36.083' N 121° 8.433' E |
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05/26/42 |
Nov '42 |
POWs moved to Cabanatuan #1 |
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Camp Casisang, Malaybalay |
Mindanao |
8° 8.0058' N 125° 7.5767' E |
05/10/42 |
10/18/42 |
First POW camp on Mindanao |
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Camp Murphy |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 36.283' N 121° 3.497' E |
Zablan Field |
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Camp O'Donnell |
Luzon |
15° 21.2033' N 120° 32.6958' E |
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04/11/42 |
Sept. '42 |
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Clark Field |
Luzon |
15° 11.2167' N 120° 33.6333' E |
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Cuyo Island |
West of Panay Is. |
10° 52.8333' N 121° 3.7000' E |
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Davao Penal Colony (POW Barracks) - PMPC #2 |
Mindanao |
7° 24.7667' N 125° 37.3667' E |
Farming - mainly rice |
10/23/42 |
06/06/44 |
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Engineer Island |
Manila Bay |
14° 35.530 N 120° 57.567 E |
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Fort Drum |
El Fraile Island |
14° 18.302' N 120° 37.829' E |
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Fort Hughes |
Caballo Island |
14° 21.9333' N 120° 37.1167' E |
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Fort McKinley |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 33.106' N 121° 2.907' E |
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Fort Mills - PMPC #7 |
Corregidor |
14° 22.833' N 120° 34.450' E |
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Fort Santiago |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 35.6667' N 120° 58.2000' E |
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Gapan Bridge |
Luzon |
15° 18.6333' N 120° 56.4583' E |
Repair of bridge |
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Keithly Barracks | Mindanao | 8° 0.1333' N 124° 17.1167' E | 05/27/42 | 07/04/42 | Mindanao Death March from Keithley to Iligan - Tito Maru from Iligan to Cagayan - truck to Camp Casisang (Malaybalay) - arrived on 07/18/42. | |
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Las Pinas Airfield | Luzon/Manila | 14° 28.000' N 120° 59.850' E | ||||
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Las Pinas City |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 28.638' N 120° 58.608' E |
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Las Pinas POW Camp | Luzon/Manila | 14° 28.050' N 120° 58.920' E | Las Pinas Airfield | |||
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Lasang Airfield |
Mindanao |
7° 16.7667' N 125° 39.0833' E |
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Limay |
Luzon/Bataan |
14° 33.683' N 120° 35.717' E |
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About 200 POWs |
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Lipa - PMPC #10 |
Luzon |
13° 57.267' N 121° 7.583' E |
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Malinta Tunnel Hospital |
Corregidor |
14° 23.2870' N 120° 35.4465' E |
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Nasugbu |
Luzon |
14° 4.950' N 120° 37.257' E |
Worked at port |
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POWs came from Fort Frank |
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Nichols Field (Also see Pasay Elementary School) | Luzon/Manila | 14° 31.250' N 121° 0.211' E | ||||
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Old Bilibid - PMPC #3 (Now the Manila City Jail) |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 36.3042' N 120° 59.0408' E |
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05/23/42 |
02/03/45 |
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Palawan |
Palawan |
9° 44.3908' N 118° 43.7703' E |
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12/14/44 |
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Paranaque City |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 30.005' N 120° 59.501' E |
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Pasay Elementary School |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 32.614' N 120° 59.848' E |
Nichols Field and Nielson Field |
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POWs working at Nichols and Neilson Fields were held here |
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Pettit Barracks | Mindanao | 6° 54.1833' N 122° 4.6667' E | ||||
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Port Terminal Building - PMPC #11 |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 35.0667' N 120° 58.2167' E |
Worked on docks |
06/13/42 |
07/17/44 |
430 POWs; near Customs Bldg until moved to Manila Port Terminal Bldg on 25 June 1942 |
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Tarlac |
Luzon |
15° 29.233' N 120° 35.683' E |
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08/11/442 |
Held Colonels, generals and their orderlies |
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Tayabas |
Luzon |
14° 9.7667' N 122° 22.8667' E |
Building road (now Hwy #1) |
05/22/42 |
07/28/42 |
306 POWs sent on this detail - only 118 returned |
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Tuy Air Force Base |
Luzon |
14° 1.883' N 120° 42.500' E |
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Zablan Field |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 39.343' N 121° 3.669' E |
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Zamboanga - (Pettit Barracks) |
Mindanao |
6° 54.1835' N 122° 4.6540' E |
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92nd Garage |
Corregidor |
14° 23.278' N 120° 35.792' E |
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05/06/42 |
05/24/42 |
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Bacolod School |
Negros |
10° 40.44 N 122° 57.01 E |
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06/05/42 |
05/02/43 |
Internees moved to Santo Tomas |
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Bilibid Prison - See Old Bilibid |
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Camp Holmes (Philippine Constabulary Post) |
Northern Luzon |
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04/23/42 |
12/28/44 |
Internees moved to Old Bilibid |
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Camp John Hay (Philippine Scouts Barracks) |
Northern Luzon |
16° 24.024' N 120° 37.021' E |
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12/29/41 |
04/23/42 |
Internees moved to Camp Holmes |
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Cebu Provincial Jail (then Junior College) |
Cebu |
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04/10/42 |
12/14/42 |
Internees moved to Santo Tomas |
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Davao School |
Mindanao |
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04/01/42 |
12/01/43 |
Internees moved to Santo Tomas |
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Iloilo Provincial Jail |
Panay |
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04/08/42 |
06/16/43 |
Internees moved to Santo Tomas |
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Los Banos (School of Agriculture) |
Luzon |
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05/14/43 |
02/23/45 |
Internees liberated here |
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Old Bilibid |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 36.3042' N 120° 59.0408' E |
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12/28/44 |
02/03/45 |
Internees liberated here |
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Santo Tomas University |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 36.5450' N 120° 59.2950' E |
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01/04/42 |
02/03/45 |
Internees liberated here |
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Tacoblan School |
Leyte |
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03/01/42 |
12/01/42 |
Internees moved to Santo Tomas |
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Other Sites in the Philippines: |
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Anyasan Point |
Luzon/Bataan |
14° 29.1000' N 120° 23.1500' E |
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Bugo Dock |
Mindanao |
8° 30.5000' N 124° 45.0333' E |
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Cabanatuan City |
Luzon |
15° 29.2667 N 120° 58.1500' E |
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Cagayan Docks |
Mindanao |
8° 29.8833' N 124° 39.7833' E |
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Caibobo Point |
Luzon/Bataan |
14° 31.4333' N 120° 22.6333' E |
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Capas |
Luzon |
15° 19.6167' N 120° 35.5000' E |
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Cavite |
Luzon |
14° 29.4333' N 120° 54.1500' E |
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Fort Frank | Carabao Island | 14° 16.090' N 120° 36.871' E | ||||
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Fort San Pedro |
Cebu |
10° 17.5333' N 123° 54.3417' E |
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Fort Stotsenberg |
Luzon |
15° 10.8167' N 120° 31.3500' E |
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Fort Wint | Grande Island | 14° 46.349' N 120° 13.617' E | ||||
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Hellships Memorial, Olongapo |
Luzon |
14° 49.0000' N 120° 16.8500' E |
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Memorial was dedicated on January 22, 2006 |
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Lasang Lumber Dock |
Mindanao |
7° 15.3667' N 125° 40.6833' E |
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Layac Junction |
Luzon/Bataan |
14° 51.2333' N 120° 28.3833' E |
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Longoskowayan Point |
Luzon/Bataan |
14° 25.1833' N 120° 27.9167' E |
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Mactan Rice Fields (Davao Penal Colony) |
Mindanao |
7° 24.8167' N 125° 39.4000' E |
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Malaybalay City |
Mindanao |
8° 9.30' N 125° 7.67' E |
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Manila American Cemetery |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 32.4500' N 121° 3.0000' E |
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Mt. Samat Cross |
Luzon |
14° 36.3383' N 120° 30.5383' E |
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Pier 7, Manila |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 34.9500' N 120° 58.0667' E |
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Departure point for many Hellship Voyages |
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Quinauan Point |
Luzon/Manila |
14° 28.3333' N 120° 23.1000' E |
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San Fernando, La Union |
Luzon |
16° 36.9833' N 120° 19.0167' E |
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San Fernando, Pampanga |
Luzon |
15° 1.8333' N 120° 41.4000' E |
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Silaiim Point |
Luzon/Bataan |
14° 29.5167' N 120° 23.0500' E |
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