Into the Depths of War: Exploring Sealed Japanese Tunnel Discovered at Clark Air Base, Philippines.

[@suskagusip1036]

There's one big whole in one mountain resort of my brod somewhere in Luzon. Isn't that something "We will respect and honor their remains and return it to Japan. " How about the remains of our own people? Did they showed respect, apology, compensation to those families they killed and treated like animals? I'll be darn. May the souls of my uncles and relatives rest in peace.

[@thedogman14]

I was born and raised in Rabaul PNG not long after the war. A huge number of tunnels were still open and me and my native mates explored them. One of them contained a complete hospital. When my father found out I probably received the biggest thrashing of my life!. We were very, very lucky because a lot of them were booby trapped.

[@wa1ufo]

Yes! And ordinance from ww2 can still detonate after all these years.

[@briancooper2112]

Yes.

[@briancooper2112]

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[@rossfromfriends8468]

It's a testament to the Japanese warrior spirit that I would still have a worry in the back of my mind, that out there in the jungle is some 98 year old dude with a perfectly oiled rifle and dozens or rounds left, just waiting to shoot anyone he sees. I'm convinced there had to be a few holdouts that lasted longer than the guy who was found in the 70s

[@Vox-Populi]

The Japanese were murderers. They deliberately killed thousands of innocent civilians as the Americans advanced. No respect for them at all.

[@jcee2259]

Being amid a war zone more often has death waiting in soil or water. Including but not limited to what was made for burial in hope a foreign foot would trod the soil above it. Been there/done that in Micronesia. Certified for SCUBA by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

[@SteveBrownRocks2023]

Well, you can rest assured there’s none left now.

[@wa1ufo]

You may be right!

[@havenpersonalcare7968]

Congratulations! An awesome discovery and WW2 historical site. All the best!

[@PacificWarStories]

Thank you

[@paodimal]

Wow a sealed tunnel was discovered!

[@scottystiffchicken]

In 1989 while stationed at Clark, we dug into a tunnel located above the POL area. We found a Japanese dogtag and the tattered remains of a uniform.

[@samuelschick8813]

Those were not clips of ammo for a machine gun. Those were stripper clips of 7.7 mm ammo for a bolt action rifle.

[@paulmiddleton4215]

the item that had 2 rows of 4 cartridges, {8 rounds total] can only be a Garand enbloc clip. USGI 30 cal.

[@samuelschick8813]

@paulmiddleton4215 , Not talking about the Garand enbloc. Talking about the 5 round stripper clip he said was for a machine gun.

[@paulmiddleton4215]

@@samuelschick8813 , OK, upon further review, i agree those are not Enblocs, but indeed are 2 stripper clips of 4 cartridges each [in the man's right hand] and a clip of 5 in his left hand. and of course not a machine gun ammo stick or belt

[@walksfarwolf6070]

The Japanese Type 11 light machine gun used the same 5 round stripper clips as the 6.5 mm Arisaka rifle and was used thoughout the war in all theaters.

[@kevinsoundmixer]

Exciting video. Shame it was collapsed inside, I was thinking it probably joined up with others in the hillside.

[@PacificWarStories]

Once the Japanese have dealt with the remains. We want to go back and dig. coz as you say it could connect to a whole tunnel complex. Join us!

[@racooncity3325]

@@PacificWarStories when was the last time this entrance was open?

[@davidcarroll965]

Thank God for all of you doing this ! My dad was a pow in the Philippines for over a year. Re-upped and Army records show as a Philippine Scout, as had to march 5 different islands that were infested with sharks. But to dig the 300 miles of tunnels the enemy had dug by slave labor.

[@HaldomarngarHaldomarngar-nc4kx]

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[@SerendipityPoint]

I greatly respect that you halted the excavation when you discovered the remains of Japanese soldiers. Many "treasure hunters" disrespect the remains when they find sites like that. May I have your permission to share some of the clips from your video? I am currently composing a video about WW2 Treasure Bunkers in the Baguio area.

[@JessieLibre]

Hi sir,can u help me to git that unit of yours,the what we call magnetometer,i am also looking for the site of the Japanese imperial army.

[@adanseven8043]

I'm happy for your success my actions were vindicated from the non believers calling TH as lunatics and crazy 👍👍👍

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

That looked like the base of a 155 mm shell. I read once about a device used by the US Army to attack these bunker entrances. It was a simple ballistic device that was solely used to fire a large caliber artillery shell into these targets when no other weapon could be pulled into a suitable firing position. As I understand it was a rudimentary device that was propped up on cribbing (?) and probably fired electrically. I wonder if they had any rifling? Scant details exist on these sorts of combat engineer equipment or tactics. Who else misses the nice guy of the 'Saipan Pictures' chan?

[@angeldark6795]

Hello guys i want see you go the tunels and exploring the island in the nigth dont scary

[@jamesbach2021]

I don't think I'd let my kid in those caves. The Japanese may have left a few surprises...

[@bhenjiedelacruz-cg2vl]

Interesting to join exploration sir😊

[@PacificWarStories]

Keep watching

[@unionjackjackson4352]

If you are going to study and excavate WW2 sites the least you can do is learn about the munitions and equipment first. Those bullet clips were for rifles not machine guns. On a separate note, that boys scout unit there, where were the boys exactly?

[@walksfarwolf6070]

The Japanese Type 11 light machine gun used the same 5 round stripper clips as the 6.5 mm Arisaka rifle and was used thoughout the war in all theaters.

[@kunkka91]

Dito sa mindanao madami din tunnel

[@xray86delta]

On that unidentified piece, just a thought. My first impression was it might be a rifle bolt, but just guessing.

[@peteg5188]

No doubt there are other such tunnels elsewhere that will yield WW2 stuff ...

[@PacificWarStories]

There are 50 known tunnels in Hill 500. Some may be interconnected. We will explore more in the future.

[@solecaring1230]

@@PacificWarStories Hello Rhonnie, Are you also a treasure hunter?

[@shennakayama4953]

My grandfather his jappaness survivor during in the wolrd war 2 his nem is BAlASAN KAYAMA..

[@noelojerio9701]

yan po ba yung sa bamban grotto?

[@paodimal]

It is part of grotto nasa baba po

[@handsoffmyskull]

dang. so many things not been discovered or recovered here in the philippines.

[@samuelschick8813]

"dang. so many things not been discovered or recovered here in the philippines." Like an honest politician for example.

[@ghst2010]

Not all of the remains in the Japanese tunnels were Japanese, they were also Filipinos, British, Australian, Chinese, and even American.

[@michaelmcnamee1980]

The Negritos use to tell us Yamashita's gold was buried in those caves in the BamBam.

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

👍👍👍

[@butchkaminsky9470]

Where's the gold?😮

[@jernilrojo5333]

Theres a tunnel theres a treasure

[@tomhenry897]

If the Japanese didn’t recover it after the war Marco did

[@urnotgodabehito5941]

Do the Japanese really even care about recovering their remains? That seems a bit out of character for them, to me.

[@carcass2677]

They are fools for letting the Japanese continue the dig

[@suskagusip1036]

​@@carcass2677 Agree right? Idk with these Americans. Philippines died with them in combat but they respect more of them Japs.

[@jw6921]

Actually they do just as most other countries do when remains are found. I have friends that had lists of MIA/KIA Japanese soldiers for area's. They found remains of several people on that list and the Japanese embassy and there family's were greatly thankful for the return of the remains. Just because people were ruthless 80 years ago doesn't mean there descendants are the same way. Not only that your talking about soldiers who were basically required to serve and basically trained to do what they did

[@vintagemotor7451]

Sino nag-pondo

[@dubfunk1886]

"And we found these clips of ammunition... Probably from a machine gun" A guy that knows that little about the clips in his hand, has no business trying to uncover military history. Leave it to someone who actually knows what they are looking at.

[@speedtrapp28]

My thoughts exactly. You can tell this clown knows very little.

[@walksfarwolf6070]

The Japanese Type 11 light machine gun used the same 5 round stripper clips as the 6.5 mm Arisaka rifle and was used thoughout the war in all theaters.

[@dmpi483]

What about all the gold?

[@Golden-dog88]

that “boy scout” troop was all girls… Wouldnt it be correct to call them GIRL GUIDES

[@toriobulsao5086]

Treasure hunting....

[@larrye2679]

We're these tunnels equipt with any booby traps?

[@briancooper2112]

M1 clips

[@Aerixes.]

first of.. doing a video about looking for their hidden treasure is like asking for another world war lmao and secondly, calling the japanese authorities is NOT ideal, they will be like "wtf are you doing here" or something like that, you might think that since its been a long time there won't be any people that would care but i promise you, there has to be at least ONE person watching you people especially if the treasure that they hid is big money.. yall be careful

[@wa1ufo]

That Boy Scout troop is odd in that so many of them looked feminine with breasts. Is it my 74 year old eyes or did somebody screw up?

[@shelbyseelbach9568]

Funny that a ship is a war grave, but a tunnel is fair game? Almost as funny as a BOY Scout troop compared of all GIRLS!

[@dwightevans8545]

Boy scout troop? They all look like girls.

[@tallen0420]

I knew I wasn't the only one who noticed that the Boy Scout troop had 6 girls and 1 boy present for that trip.

[@thesecondcoming4425]

Those are rifle clips not machine gun

[@PacificWarStories]

Thanks for the comment to clarify the item.

[@gone547]

FYI, there was a Japanese light machine gun in WW2 called the Type 11 that had a detachable hopper that accepted 6 rifle clips at a time from the Type 38 rifle. So his comment has some plausability.

[@thesecondcoming4425]

@@gone547 and you had to oil the feeder. I know. So what does that have to do with what he has? NOTHING? They aren’t attached to one another, they are rifle clips

[@gone547]

@@thesecondcoming4425 which can also be used in a hopper fed Type 11 LMG. Again FYI, the clips don't have to be attached to one-and-other, or have the rounds seperated from the clip. Just placed in the hopper, one on top of the other. So I guess that they can be seen, at a pinch, as dual purpose and unless you know the chappy who left them there, you really have no idea of their intended use, or a reason to call-out the narrator with any certainty as he may be correct. Methinks you might be confused with the magazine fed Type 99 or the Hotchkiss style stripper fed Type 3. Both require loose rounds to be loaded individually into their mag or stripper rail, not using intact 5 round clips like the Type 11 could be. So, what that have to do with what he has? EVERYTHING.

[@arisaka9963]

Likely 7.7 x 58 ammo, for the Arisaka 99 rifle