U.S.S. Stingray Landing Site Marker
Details:
Next to the monument.
MarkerA 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:
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)

