Heroes' Cemetery (Taguig)

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Heroes' Cemetery (Libingan ng mga Bayani) is a cemetery in Taguig, Metro Manila in the Philippines. It was established as a fitting resting place for Filipino heroes and martyrs. Among those buried in the cemetery are most of the defenders of Bataan and Corregidor during World War II. It also contains the national Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Former Philippine presidents Carlos P. Garcia and Diosdado Macapagal are also buried in the cemetery.

On the cemetery's entrance it is written: "I do not know the dignity of his birth, but I know the glory of his death"
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libingan_ng_mga_Bayani
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Coordinates:   14°31'8"N   121°2'18"E

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  • This is where my father, Maj Diego B. Calbes, a PEFTOK veteran is interred for his everlasting rest!!!He rest with his comrades-in-arms!!!
  • My father Manuel Domingo where buried here 24 years ago, retired personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
  • ...'was buried' i should say! :)
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