National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures in the Philippines: The Base Hospital USAFIP, NL

Location: Tagudin Town Plaza, San Antolin Street, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE BASE HOSPITAL USAFIP, NL

THE BASE HOSPITAL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THIS TOWN ON 27 MAY 1945, BRINGING IT CLOSER TO THE FRONTLINE WHERE THE BATTLE CASUALTIES AND MEDICAL CASES WERE TREMENDOUSLY HEAVY. HEADQUARTERS WAS INSTALLED AT THE MUNICIPAL HALL, WHILE BIG TENTS SET UP ON THE TOWN PLAZA, AND ON THE MARKET SITE AS WELL AS THE BIG RESIDENTIAL HOUSES BORDERING THE TOWN PLAZA, WERE UTILIZED AS HOSPITAL WARDS. MANNED AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CAMPAIGN BY 881 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, THIS HOSPITAL WAS BIGGEST INSTALLATION OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY DURING THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN.

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LEVEL I - Sites and Structures declared as National Shrine, National Historical Landmark, National Historical Site, and National Monument (Entries with asterisks)

LEVEL II - Sites and Structures declared as Heritage Zones/Historic Centers, Heritage Houses and bearing Historical Markers

DELISTED - Declared and/or marked historic sites and structures that were removed from the national registry

LIFTED - Sites and structures 50 years old and above removed of its presumption as Important Cultural Property (R.A. 10066)

The Base Hospital USAFIP, NL

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