There are dozens of monuments on Corregidor. This is the most impressive. It is under a large dome structure which has a single hole in the top. Each year on a certain day in May (the day the island was liberated) at noon the sun shines directly through the hole and lights up the top of this monument. You read the poem and then want to sit and think about it all. (Click on the picture to make it large enough to read the poem clearly.)

Along the wall there are panels which remember various "famous" battles in the Philippines during WWII.

The monument below was erected by the Philippine government to give tribute to the brave Japanese fighters. It is a Buddha, but if you notice, the Catholics carefully crafted it so Madonna is holding the Infant.

This monument is featured as the main point of the island.

This pillar is erected at the location of Japanese cemetery. This place was lost until about 25 or so years ago when the site where many Japanese soldiers had been buried was identified. (Japan then took the bodies back home and cremated them, as is their custom.) The site memorializes their valor. (Incidentally, our guide, Armond, explained to us that he gives an entirely different tour lecture when Japanese guests are on the tour.)

This monument is in a panorama of panels describing the struggles the Filipinos have had over the centuries -- being been conquered by other nations -- Spain, Japan, US, etc. This simple depiction is gripping.