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U.S. Embassy dedicates balcony to
WWII hero and opens historical garden
Event date: January 27, 2005

Ambassador Ricciardone unveils the sign that names the balcony after Lt. Col. Henry Andrew Mucci of the U.S. Army’s Sixth Ranger Battalion.

The Ambassador leads the guests in a toast to Lt. Col. Mucci, and to American and Filipino soldiers whose heroism liberated the Philippines from invaders in World War II.

 

(Above:) Ambassador Ricciardone unveils the sign that names the balcony after Lt. Col. Henry Andrew Mucci of the U.S. Army’s Sixth Ranger Battalion. (Left:) The Ambassador leads the guests in a toast to Lt. Col. Mucci, and to American and Filipino soldiers whose heroism liberated the Philippines from invaders in World War II. (Below:) The brass plaque beside the door to the balcony narrates Lt. Col. Mucci’s heroism.

 

 

 

The brass plaque beside the door to the balcony narrates Lt. Col. Mucci’s heroism.

 

 

 

 

 

Ambassador Francis Ricciardone and Philippine industry leader Don Jaime Zobel de Ayala admire the U.S. Embassy’s balcony as it is lighted by the famous Manila Bay sunset during the January 27 dedication of the balcony to a WWII hero and the opening of the Embassy’s historical garden. The small obelisk behind them (also in photo on left) honors American merchant George William Hubbel, the first U.S. Consul to the Philippines.

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Ambassador Francis Ricciardone and Philippine industry leader Don Jaime Zobel de Ayala admire the U.S. Embassy’s balcony as it is lighted by the famous Manila Bay sunset during the January 27 dedication of the balcony to a WWII hero and the opening of the Embassy’s historical garden. The small obelisk behind them (also in photo on left) honors American merchant George William Hubbel, the first U.S. Consul to the Philippines.
Ambassador Francis Ricciardone and Philippine industry leader Don Jaime Zobel de Ayala admire the U.S. Embassy’s balcony as it is lighted by the famous Manila Bay sunset during the January 27 dedication of the balcony to a WWII hero and the opening of the Embassy’s historical garden. The small obelisk behind them (also in photo on left) honors American merchant George William Hubbel, the first U.S. Consul to the Philippines.

 

 

The 1912 bronze bust of Arthur Walsh Fergusson

 The 1912 bronze bust of Arthur Walsh Fergusson (left) stands by the path to the paved section of the Embassy’s backyard where the reception for the January 27 ceremony was held. Across the paved yard, opposite the Fergusson monument, is the Flag Marker (photos below), a simple stone and concrete flag, honoring the U.S. High Commission’s staff members who removed the U.S. flag from the Commission’s flagpole, burned it and buried its ashes in the Embassy’s backgarden to prevent the flag from falling into the hands of the Japanese army in 1942.
The 1912 bronze bust of Arthur Walsh Fergusson (left) stands by the path to the paved section of the Embassy’s backyard where the reception for the January 27 ceremony was held. Across the paved yard, opposite the Fergusson monument, is the Flag Marker (photos below), a simple stone and concrete flag, honoring the U.S. High Commission’s staff members who removed the U.S. flag from the Commission’s flagpole, burned it and buried its ashes in the Embassy’s backgarden to prevent the flag from falling into the hands of the Japanese army in 1942.
a simple stone and concrete flag, honoring the U.S. High Commission’s staff members who removed the U.S. flag from the Commission’s flagpole, burned it and buried its ashes in the Embassy’s backgarden to prevent the flag from falling into the hands of the Japanese army in 1942.
a simple stone and concrete flag, honoring the U.S. High Commission’s staff members who removed the U.S. flag from the Commission’s flagpole, burned it and buried its ashes in the Embassy’s backgarden to prevent the flag from falling into the hands of the Japanese army in 1942.

 

 

Hampton Sides Dr. Virginia Foster (left), Curator of the U.S. Embassy, give remarks on the Embassy Historical Garden.
Hampton Sides (extreme left), 2002 PEN USA Awardee for nonfiction and author of Ghost Soldiers, talks on the 1945 raid of U.S. and Philippine Scout Ranger units in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, and Dr. Virginia Foster (left), Curator of the U.S. Embassy, give remarks on the Embassy Historical Garden. (Below, from right:) Nueva Ecija Governor Tomas Joson III, author Sides, Ambassador Ricciardone, and Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Mussomeli.

Nueva Ecija Governor Tomas Joson III, author Sides, Ambassador Ricciardone, and Deputy Chief of Mission Joseph Mussomeli.

 

 

Dr. Julita Layug, who treated casualties among the U.S. Army Scout Rangers in Cabanatuan City in 1945
Commissioner Virginia Moreno of the UNESCO National Commission in the Philippines;
Tondo, Manila, Parish Priest Fr. Benigno Beltran; Businessman George Drysdale, Jr. and Presidential Adviser Luis Lorenzo;
Presidential Adviser Luis Lorenzo
Film Development Commission of the Philippines Chairman and movie director Laurice Guillen and her husband movie/television actor/director Johnny Delgado Senator and former Philippine Army Chief of Staff Rodolfo Biazon.
(Counterclockwise from top right:) Dr. Julita Layug, who treated casualties among the U.S. Army Scout Rangers in Cabanatuan City in 1945; Commissioner Virginia Moreno of the UNESCO National Commission in the Philippines; Tondo, Manila, Parish Priest Fr. Benigno Beltran; Businessman George Drysdale, Jr. and Presidential Adviser Luis Lorenzo; Film Development Commission of the Philippines Chairman and movie director Laurice Guillen and her husband movie/television actor/director Johnny Delgado; and Senator and former Philippine Army Chief of Staff Rodolfo Biazon.

 

 

 

 


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