JAPANESE PEACE MONUMENT
SAMAR ISLAND, PHILIPPINES
 |
 |
From the personal collection of Ernesto Aboitiz Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
LOCATION OF JAPANESE PEACE MONUMENT
From the personal collection of Ernesto Aboitiz Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
The Japanese Peace Monument, located on the island of Samar, Philippines, is dedicated to peace and was put in place to honor all men, Japanese and American, who fought in the Battle Off Samar on 25 October 1944. It was erected by a lone Japanese survivor from one of the warships of Vice Admiral Kurita's Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force. It is the only monument in existence on the island of Samar which is dedicated to the namesake naval battle.