Two of the major spots in the historic mountain that attract visitors are the 92-meter War Memorial Cross and the War Memorial Museum below the shrine where Pres. Aquino and the Japanese and American ambassadors to the Philippines will offer wreaths of flowers.
But still unknown to many visitors are the Surrender Site Monument and the Bataan World War II Museum both located at the Balanga Elementary School that served as command post of Gen. Masaharu Homma, highest Japanese Imperial Army officer in Bataan.
The surrender monument shows life-size figures of four American officers led by Maj. Gen. Edward King, commander in Bataan of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East, and three Japanese officers headed by Col. Motoo Nakayama, senior operating officer of Homma.
Surrender terms were discussed on the Fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942 and the surrender to the Japanese Army of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers.
Adjacent to the monument is the museum that houses various war memorabilia.
With entrance fee of P20 for students, P40 for senior citizens and P50 for other visitors, the museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Saturday.
