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U.S.S. Stingray Landing Site Marker

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Details:

Next to the monument.

Marker

A cast metal historical marker mounted on a rough-textured concrete wall, featuring the seal of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and the Philippine coat of arms at the top, with a Filipino (Tagalog) inscription commemorating the World War II landing of the USS Stingray at this site.

Monument Text:

ANG PINAGDAUNGAN NG

USS STINGRAY

 

SA DALAMPASIGANG ITO DUMAONG

ANG USS STINGRAY, SUBMARINO

NG HUKBONG PANDAGAT NG

ESTADOS UNIDOS, 27 AGOSTO 1944.

DITO INIBABA ANG 15 KAWAL

NA PINAMUMUNUAN NI 2ND LT.

JOSE V. VALERA AT ILANG

TONELADANG ARMAS AT KAGAMITAN

BILANG PAGHAHANDA SA PAGBABALIK

NG MGA AMERIKANO SA PILIPINAS.

PAKAY NG PANGKAT NA HANAPIN SI

GOBERNADOR ROQUE B. ABLAN

UPANG TULUNGAN ANG GERILYANG

ABLAN-MADAMBA NA NOON

LUMALABAN SA MGA HAPON.

 

English translation:

 

THE LANDING SITE OF

USS STINGRAY

 

ON THIS SHORELINE LANDED

THE USS STINGRAY, A SUBMARINE

OF THE UNITED STATES

NAVY, ON AUGUST 27, 1944.

HERE WERE DISEMBARKED

15 SOLDIERS

LED BY 2ND LT.

JOSE V. VALERA, TOGETHER WITH

SEVERAL TONS OF WEAPONS

AND EQUIPMENT

IN PREPARATION FOR THE RETURN

OF THE AMERICANS TO THE PHILIPPINES.

THE PURPOSE OF THE GROUP WAS TO FIND

GOVERNOR ROQUE B. ABLAN

IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE

ABLANMADAMBA GUERRILLA FORCES

THAT WERE THEN

FIGHTING THE JAPANESE.

Commemorates:

People:

Roque Blanco, Sr. Ablan

Jose V. Valera

Units:

Ablan-Madamba

Filipino Guerillas

Philippine Army

U.S.S. Stingray (SS-186)

United States Navy

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Pacific Theater

Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)