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The tunnel seemed to be 3 feet in height in most areas and 4 feet in some, so I had to bend down to my waist (I stand 5’7.5″) in the duration of my tunnel exploration which did not last more than 15 minutes. The caretaker shared that the L-shaped tunnel was originally longer back in WWII when it was said to stretch all the way to the city’s municipal hall. The Japanese soldiers just had to collapse the soil in that stretch to probably evade the American liberators or permanently bury their ammunition. This was because the tunnel was created by the Japanese to store ammunition and a few other stuff during the war. Read More: http://www.turistatrails.com/2013/01/revisiting-world-war-ii-inside-legazpi.html
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These Japanese tunnels were created using manual labor and hundreds conscripted soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army who were utilized to dig and excavate the tunnels during the Japanese occupation of Albay. The reason is obvious, during the World War II, the Japanese found the use of tunnels as an effective means of transporting their equipment and mobilizing their troops, as it made it more difficult for the Americans to locate them.
Interests of some treasure hunters were also drawn and became part of the telltales up to the present, however the most reliable truth is the presence of vintage bombs that abounds underneath which are being accidentally dug in Mount Kitwinan – is an occasional occurrence. Read more: https://avzskylart89.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/its-more-fun-in-albay-philippines/
JAPANESE TUNNEL
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The Japanese Tunnel in Legazpi, Albay was formerly used by the Japanese Imperial Army. It was a perfect site to put up an arsenal, because of its 40 meters long L-shaped and 7 feet deep ground features that the Japanese took advantage as a defensive line over the incoming Americans and Filipino forces. Read more: https://greedypeg.org/albay/Japanese-Tunnel-Albay.html
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