Location: Baguio Teacher’s Camp, Teachers’ Camp Road, Baguio City
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 19 February 1994
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text (Filipino):
DATING KINATATAYUAN NG AKADEMYA MILITAR NG PILIPINAS
PORMAL NA INOKUPAHAN NG AKADEMYA MILITAR NG PILIPINAS (PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY) NOONG HUNYO 15, 1936 HANGGANG DISYEMBRE 12, 1941. DITO WALONG KLASE NITO, 1937–1941, ANG SUMAILALIM SA PAGPAPAUNLAD NG PAGKATAO AT PAGSASANAY NA AKADEMIKO, MILITAR, PISIKAL, MORAL AT ESPIRITWAL. NAPILITANG LISANIN NG MGA KADETE NANG SUMIKLAB ANG IKALAWANG DIGMAANG PANDAIGDIG UPANG TUGUNAN ANG PANAWAGAN NG KANILANG INANG BAYAN. ANG MGA NAGSIPAGTAPOS SA AKADEMYANG ITO AY BUONG KAGITINGANG LUMAHOK SA DIGMAANG PASIPIKO AT SA MGA KAMPANYA NG PAMAHALAAN LABAN SA PANGGUGULO AT PANGHIHIMAGSIK. NGAYON, ANG AKADEMYA MILITAR NG PILIPINAS AY PATULOY NA ITINATANGHAL BILANG DAMBANA NG ATING PAMBANSANG KASIGURUHAN SA PERMANENTENG KINATATAYUAN NITO SA KUTANG DEL PILAR SA LUNGSOD NG BAGUIO.
Marker text (English):
FORMER SITE OF PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY
FORMALLY OCCUPIED BY THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY FROM JUNE 15, 1936 TO DECEMBER 12, 1941. HERE, EIGHT PMA CLASSES, 1937–1945 UNDERWENT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, ACADEMIC, MILITARY, PHYSICAL, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL TRAINING. THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, FORCED THE CORPS OF CADETS TO EVACUATE THE PLACE FOR CALL OF DUTY IN DEFENDING THEIR MOTHERLAND. GRADUATES OF THIS ACADEMY ALSO SERVED WITH PRIDE IN THE PACIFIC WAR, ANTI-DISSIDENCE AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY CAMPAIGNS, AND THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS. TODAY, THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY CONTINUES TO BE THE SHRINE OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AT ITS PERMANENT HOME AT FORT DEL PILAR, BAGUIO CITY.
