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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.

Line #

POW Sites

Island/Area

Google Earth "Fly To" Entry

POW Work

Date Camp Opened

Date Camp Closed

Changes in POW Camp Designation & Notes

 

Sites in the Philippines:

  POW Camps:            

1

Bachrach Garage - PMPC #8

Luzon/Manila

14° 36.2' N 120° 58.0' E

 

 

 

 

2

Bayambang - PMPC #5

Luzon

15° 48.567' N 120° 27.433' E

23 POWs sent cards from PMPC #5

3

Bilibid Prison - See Old Bilibid

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Cabanatuan #1 - PMPC #1

Luzon

15° 30.5750' N 121° 2.6767' E

 

05/30/42

01/30/45

POWs liberated by "The Great Raid"

5

Cabanatuan #2

Luzon

15° 32.467' N 121° 4.800' E

 

05/29/42

06/03/42

Closed due to lack of water

6

Cabanatuan #3

Luzon

15° 36.083' N 121° 8.433' E

 

05/26/42

Nov '42

POWs moved to Cabanatuan #1

7

Camp Casisang, Malaybalay

Mindanao

8° 8.0058' N 125° 7.5767' E

05/10/42

10/18/42

First POW camp on Mindanao

8

Camp Murphy

Luzon/Manila

14° 36.283' N 121° 3.497' E

Zablan Field

 

 

 

9

Camp O'Donnell

Luzon

15° 21.2033' N 120° 32.6958' E

 

04/11/42

Sept. '42

 

10

Clark Field

Luzon

15° 11.2167' N 120° 33.6333' E

 

 

 

 

11

Cuyo Island

West of Panay Is.

10° 52.8333' N 121° 3.7000' E

 

 

 

 

12

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

 

13

Engineer Island

Manila Bay

14° 35.530 N 120° 57.567 E

 

 

 

 

14

Fort Drum

El Fraile Island

14° 18.302' N 120° 37.829' E

 

 

 

 

15

Fort Hughes

Caballo Island

14° 21.9333' N 120° 37.1167' E

 

 

 

 

16

Fort McKinley

Luzon/Manila

14° 33.106' N 121° 2.907' E

 

 

 

 

17

Fort Mills - PMPC #7

Corregidor

14° 22.833' N 120° 34.450' E

 

 

 

 

18

Fort Santiago

Luzon/Manila

14° 35.6667' N 120° 58.2000' E

 

 

 

 

19

Gapan Bridge

Luzon

15° 18.6333' N 120° 56.4583' E

Repair of bridge

 

 

 

20

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.

21

Las Pinas Airfield Luzon/Manila 14° 28.000' N 120° 59.850' E        

22

Las Pinas City

Luzon/Manila

14° 28.638' N 120° 58.608' E

 

 

 

 

23

Las Pinas POW Camp Luzon/Manila 14° 28.050' N 120° 58.920' E Las Pinas Airfield      

24

Lasang Airfield

Mindanao

7° 16.7667' N 125° 39.0833' E

 

 

 

 

25

Limay

Luzon/Bataan

14° 33.683' N 120° 35.717' E

 

 

 

About 200 POWs

26

Lipa - PMPC #10

Luzon

13° 57.267' N 121° 7.583' E

 

 

 

 

27

Malinta Tunnel Hospital

Corregidor

14° 23.2870' N 120° 35.4465' E

 

 

 

 

28

Nasugbu

Luzon

14° 4.950' N 120° 37.257' E

Worked at port

 

 

POWs came from Fort Frank

29

Nichols Field (Also see Pasay Elementary School) Luzon/Manila 14° 31.250' N 121° 0.211' E        

30

Old Bilibid - PMPC #3 (Now the Manila City Jail)

Luzon/Manila

14° 36.3042' N 120° 59.0408' E

 

05/23/42

02/03/45

 

31

Palawan

Palawan

9° 44.3908' N 118° 43.7703' E

 

 

12/14/44

 

32

Paranaque City

Luzon/Manila

14° 30.005' N 120° 59.501' E

 

 

 

 

33

Pasay Elementary School

Luzon/Manila

14° 32.614' N 120° 59.848' E

Nichols Field and Nielson Field

 

 

POWs working at Nichols and Neilson Fields were held here

34

Pettit Barracks Mindanao 6° 54.1833' N 122° 4.6667' E        

35

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

36

Tarlac

Luzon

15° 29.233' N 120° 35.683' E

 

 

08/11/442

Held Colonels, generals and their orderlies

37

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

38

Tuy Air Force Base

Luzon

14° 1.883' N 120° 42.500' E

 

 

 

 

39

Zablan Field

Luzon/Manila

14° 39.343' N 121° 3.669' E

 

 

 

 

40

Zamboanga - (Pettit Barracks)

Mindanao

6° 54.1835' N 122° 4.6540' E

 

 

 

 

41

92nd Garage

Corregidor

14° 23.278' N 120° 35.792' E

 

05/06/42

05/24/42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Civilian Internment Camps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

42

Bacolod School

Negros

10° 40.44 N 122° 57.01 E

 

06/05/42

05/02/43

Internees moved to Santo Tomas

43

Bilibid Prison - See Old Bilibid

 

 

 

 

 

 

44

Camp Holmes (Philippine Constabulary Post)

Northern Luzon

 

 

04/23/42

12/28/44

Internees moved to Old Bilibid

45

Camp John Hay (Philippine Scouts Barracks)

Northern Luzon

16° 24.024' N 120° 37.021' E

 

12/29/41

04/23/42

Internees moved to Camp Holmes

46

Cebu Provincial Jail (then Junior College)

Cebu

 

 

04/10/42

12/14/42

Internees moved to Santo Tomas

47

Davao School

Mindanao

 

 

04/01/42

12/01/43

Internees moved to Santo Tomas

48

Iloilo Provincial Jail

Panay

 

 

04/08/42

06/16/43

Internees moved to Santo Tomas

49

Los Banos (School of Agriculture)

Luzon

 

 

05/14/43

02/23/45

Internees liberated here

50

Old Bilibid

Luzon/Manila

14° 36.3042' N 120° 59.0408' E

 

12/28/44

02/03/45

Internees liberated here

51

Santo Tomas University

Luzon/Manila

14° 36.5450' N 120° 59.2950' E

 

01/04/42

02/03/45

Internees liberated here

52

Tacoblan School

Leyte

 

 

03/01/42

12/01/42

Internees moved to Santo Tomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Sites in the Philippines:

 

 

 

 

 

 

53

Anyasan Point

Luzon/Bataan

14° 29.1000' N 120° 23.1500' E

 

 

 

 

54

Bugo Dock

Mindanao

8° 30.5000' N 124° 45.0333' E

 

 

 

 

55

Cabanatuan City

Luzon

15° 29.2667 N 120° 58.1500' E

 

 

 

 

56

Cagayan Docks

Mindanao

8° 29.8833' N 124° 39.7833' E

 

 

 

 

57

Caibobo Point

Luzon/Bataan

14° 31.4333' N 120° 22.6333' E

 

 

 

 

58

Capas

Luzon

15° 19.6167' N 120° 35.5000' E

 

 

 

 

59

Cavite

Luzon

14° 29.4333' N 120° 54.1500' E

 

 

 

 

60

Fort  Frank Carabao Island 14° 16.090' N 120° 36.871' E        

61

Fort San Pedro

Cebu

10° 17.5333' N 123° 54.3417' E

 

 

 

 

62

Fort Stotsenberg

Luzon

15° 10.8167' N 120° 31.3500' E

 

 

 

 

63

Fort Wint Grande Island 14° 46.349' N 120° 13.617' E        

64

Hellships Memorial, Olongapo

Luzon

14° 49.0000' N 120° 16.8500' E

 

 

 

Memorial was dedicated on January 22, 2006

65

Lasang Lumber Dock

Mindanao

7° 15.3667' N 125° 40.6833' E

66

Layac Junction

Luzon/Bataan

14° 51.2333' N 120° 28.3833' E

 

 

 

 

67

Longoskowayan Point

Luzon/Bataan

14° 25.1833' N 120° 27.9167' E

 

 

 

 

68

Mactan Rice Fields (Davao Penal Colony)

Mindanao

7° 24.8167' N 125° 39.4000' E

 

 

 

 

69

Malaybalay City

Mindanao

8° 9.30' N 125° 7.67' E

 

 

 

 

70

Manila American Cemetery

Luzon/Manila

14° 32.4500' N 121° 3.0000' E

 

 

 

 

71

Mt. Samat Cross

Luzon

14° 36.3383' N 120° 30.5383' E

 

 

 

 

72

Pier 7, Manila

Luzon/Manila

14° 34.9500' N 120° 58.0667' E

 

 

 

Departure point for many Hellship Voyages

73

Quinauan Point

Luzon/Manila

14° 28.3333' N 120° 23.1000' E

 

 

 

 

74

San Fernando, La Union

Luzon

16° 36.9833' N 120° 19.0167' E

 

 

 

 

75

San Fernando, Pampanga

Luzon

15° 1.8333' N 120° 41.4000' E

 

 

 

 

76

Silaiim Point

Luzon/Bataan

14° 29.5167' N 120° 23.0500' E