Ulong Beach Marinduque Philippines

29/04/2025

Our friend and fellow historian has left us.

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SALAMAT SA HINDI MAKALILIMUTANG AMBAG MO SA MARINDUQUE, TITO ELI: Pumanaw na ang lokal na mananalaysay, manunulat at tagapagtaguyod ng sining, kultura at tradisyon sa lalawigan ng Marinduque na si Eliseo J. Obligacion.

Si Obligacion na mas kilala bilang Tito Eli ay binawian ng buhay kaninang tanghali, Abril 29 sa Boac.

Siya ang itinuturing na nagsimula ng blogging sa Marinduque nang kanyang umpisahan ang Marinduque Rising, isang blogsite na nagpapakita at nagpapakilala ng kultura, turismo at kasaysayan ng puso ng Pilipinas.

Si Obligacion din ang nag-umpisa at direktor ng Teatro Balangaw, isang community theater group na naglunsad ng mga orihinal na produksyon na nakabatay sa mga katutubong paniniwala sa isla.

Siya ang may-akda ng, 'Ang Kristo: Pasyon-Dula at ng awiting "Marinduque Akin Ka".

Paalam, Tito Eli, palagi kang buhay sa aming mga alaala.

09/04/2025

Roster of troops from the Marinduque Patriot Army WW2. Is your ancestor listed here?

09/04/2025

Marinduque Patriot Army Manifesto from WW2.

20/02/2025

A nice drone view of Ulong Beach. Original video by creator
KAPROBINSYA and all credits to him.

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03/02/2025

Alfred Marche expedition Jar photos. Line 6 of the log shows in being collected in Marinduque. For those not familiar with the expedition in Marinduque:

https://www.ulongbeach.com/marche.html

Museum Information:

Collector: Antoine-Alfred Marché
Donor Name: Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, Paris (later the Musée de l'Homme)
Height - Object: 6.68 cm Diameter - Object: 6.99 cm
Culture: Filipino Chinese Object Type: Jar Place: Marinduque Island, Philippines
Accession Date: 18 Feb 1887 Collection Date: April - July 1881?
Notes:
From card: "Glazed Stoneware made of a grey clay colored brown and covered with a bluish grey glaze [celadon?] of Chinese manufacture. Form: The lower part of body has a bell shape with a convex shoulder sloping to the neck which is short and concave and has a thickened rounded rim and two small loop handles. it was found in a grotto on Marinduque Island, Philippine group."
Bottom of this small jar or jarlet is marked: "R-175. A.M." Jar has two labels glued on the side. First label, in French: "Tibor. Petit vase de Chine, trouvé dans une grotte de Marinduque Iles Philippines." The second label, in English: "Faience. Chinese. From Marinduque Philippine Islands. Bureau [sic] of Arts, Paris."
From April - July 1881, Alfred Marché (Antoine-Alfred Marché), a French naturalist and explorer, explored and excavated caves in Marinduque, Philippines, and brought back a collection, some of which was deposited in the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, Paris (later the Musée de l'Homme). In 1887, the Smithsonian received a collection from the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, including jar # A127996, which was identified as being from a cave in Marinduque. It therefore may be speculated that the jar # A127996 may be part of the material collected by Alfred Marché. Note also that the jar has the initials "A.M." marked on its base. Reference: Marché, Alfred, Carmen Ojeda, Jovita Ventura Castro, Pierre Revol, and W. A. Burke-Miailhe. 1970. Luzon and Palawan. Manila: The Filipiniana Book Guild: pp. 171 - 189.
Record Last Modified: 6 Feb 2024 Specimen Count: 1 Topic: Archaeology
Accession Number: 018694 USNM Number: A127996-0
Data Source: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30d99c129-240d-49f6-a81a-acf980ad0f7d
EDAN-URL: edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8942641

08/01/2025

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06/01/2025

Alfredo Siena of Gasan honored by US Navy for WW2 rescue of US Sailor.

On August 8, 1944, the submarine USS Gunnel was patrolling in the area South of Marinduque.

Just after noon at 12:21pm the Gunnel spotted a convoy of six vessels to the South of Marinduque. At 2:40pm the Gunnel surfaced and started firing on the convoy with it’s deck guns, two 20mm machine guns and a 4” deck gun. Both machine guns jammed and the 4” gun was overshooting. To avoid unexpected return fire from the convoy the Gunnel cleared it deck and dived.

It was discovered that Rudolph Velle Motor Machinist’s Mate first Class was missing. Velle had been acting as the gun captain and when the Gunnel had fired its last round from the four-inch gun, the recoil knocked him into the sea.

With an enemy patrol boat and aircraft arriving on the scene, the Gunnel was unable to surface and search for Velle until evening. At 6:52pm the Gunnel surfaced but were unable to locate Velle. Velle was known to be a strong swimmer and perhaps capable of making the fourteen miles to Marinduque.

In fact Velle did make it to the beach. It is here where Alfredo L. Siena took charge of Velle. Nothing was recorded on how long Velle was on Marinduque. He would later be transported on a schooner to Panay where on December 4, 1944 he was rescued by the submarine USS Hake.

04/01/2025

One of my WW2 souvenirs. 60cmx60cm Hand sewn map that I'm guessing is Pina cloth, entitled "Liberation of Marinduque"

Shows all six towns and notes that Balaring as where "J**s landed July 7, 1942. It also calls out Buena Vista "Americans landed Jan. 9, 1943". Unless the maker of this map knew of some other event, this date is inaccurate as the Americans landed on January 3, 1945 as is noted at the top of the map.

This was from an estate sale in the U.S. and the owner was not identified. The maker of this map is also unknown, but I would guess was from Marinduque.

The condition of the map is poor with stains in the middle and fold lines with some tears along the folds.

03/01/2025

The First Air-Mail flight to Marinduque.

Shown here is a postal cover which commemorates the first air-mail flight to Marinduque, October 30, 1931.

Research has shown the addressee, Major I. F. Peak, as a Flight Surgeon in the U.S. Army Air Corps stationed in Fort Nichols in Manila.

Information found from the Airpost Journal, February 1932, Page 27 report of Philippine First Flights is as follows:

The U.S. Army Air Corps (squadron stationed at Clark Field) Fort Stotsenburg has been lately very active with pioneering new Air-trails or new routes, and made several First Flights and pioneers, transporting Air Mail in due official way, previous announcement and corresponding permits or authorization in very case from the Bureau of Posts of the Philippine Government and in accordance of Rules and Regulations established. All were carried in mail bags as regular official Air-Mail, with its proper Way-bills of Dispatch, etc.

Several of these First flight covers to various points in the Philippines can be located during the 1931 timeframe.

Where exactly the airplane landed in Boac (if it did) is a mystery. A Post war photo I have shows a very primitive air strip located somewhere along the Boac River. It is also possible that the mail bag was air dropped as was documented in other location

17/12/2024

This mornings yearly low tide. Not many visitors with weather and being on a week day.

16/12/2024

Low tide of the year is tomorrow, Tuesday 17 December. 7am is the lowest point at negative 0.5.

02/04/2024

Sunset this evening