American Prisoners of War - Claro M. Recto
I was searching for some old pictures of Makati Business area where Ayala and Makati Avenue where located to have a post entry on my blog about what it looks like before that what is Makati Business District today. But it happen I saw this bunch of old pictures taken in a year 1945 where an American tank rumbles down Rizal Avenue towards Azcarraga. It was posted by TheCameraReturns titled : Nostalgic Fool in one of the forums. I tried to find out the identity of the postie to give him due credit, but since I am not yet a member of that forum site, I don’t have the permissions to view members profile. According to his post “The wartime objective may have been Old Bilibid Prison, where American Prisoners-of-War were being kept. Thankfully, the second house from the left still stands.”
That location turned out to be the intersection of Rizal Avenue and Mayhaligue. Its was C.M.Recto present day, another picture taken just 3 blocks away from Azcarraga. The wartime objective may have been Old Bilibid Prison, where American Prisoners-of-War were being kept. And you know what, in another picture the second house from the left still stands. For more than 60 years, I don’t know when the new pictures were taken.
But this is how camera and photo creations are so important. They can keep the memory of the past, so that it could be use in the future.















