On June 14, 1945, combined forces of Filipino and American
soldiers defeated the Japanese troops of General Tomoyuki Yamashita in
the epic Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
(Japanese General Yamasita in Ifugao)
This was a three-month uphill battle between the guerrilla forces under
Colonel Russell Volckman in the Cordilleras on the border of Ifugao and
Mountain Province close to Cervantes town in Ilocos Sur.
The fall of the Japanese to the hands of the United States Armed Forces
in the Philippines paved the way for the entrapment of Yamashita's
forces in the Cordilleras. Yamashita finally surrendered in September
1945.
General Tomoyuki Yamashita was known as the “Tiger of Malaya”, a nickname he earned for conquering Singapore.
Durin's Folk (also called the Longbeards) were a clan of Dwarves that originally inhabited Khazad-dûm, led by Durin I,
"The Deathless". He was succeeded by many generations of kings, among
them appeared six others also called Durin. (The Dwarves believed that
these six were the reincarnation of Durin I, with memories of their past
lives.)
History
Durin's Folk settled Khazad-dûm in the Years of the Trees, prospering there throughout the First Age. After the end of the War of Wrath and the ruin of Nogrod and Belegost, many of the Dwarves of those cities migrated to Khazad-dûm, swelling its population and intermingling with Durin's Folk.
In the Second Age, Durin's Folk began a friendship with the Ñoldor of Celebrimbor in Eregion. During the War of the Elves and Sauron the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm sortied out to attack Sauron's forces in the rear, allowing Elrond and his army to escape. Afterwards Durin's Folk earned the hatred of Sauron and Orcs
were commanded to harass Dwarves wherever they could find them. As a
result the Gates of Khazad-dûm were shut and the Orcs could not gain
entry, the Dwarves within being too numerous and valiant to overcome. At
the end of the age the Dwarves of Durin's Folk participated in the War of the Last Alliance, fighting on the side of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
During the reign of Thorin I son of Thráin, rumors were heard of greater wealth in the Grey Mountains. Thorin decided to leave Erebor and take his people to the north, where they lived in peace until the reign of his grandson Náin II, when they began to be attacked by dragons. During the reign of Dáin I, a Cold-drake invaded his halls and killed him along with his second son, Frór. Thrór, eldest son of Dáin I, and now King of Durin's Folk, returned along with his uncle Borin and part of his people to the Lonely Mountain. His younger brother Grór left for the east where he founded a lordship in the Iron Hills. Thrór ruled during long years of peace until a Fire-drake, Smaug,
the last of the great dragons, descended from the north and sacked and
took the Lonely Mountain. Durin's Folk became a nomadic people in exile.
Many of them went to the Iron Hills and settled there. Thrór went
insane, and tried to re-claim Khazad-dûm by himself, leading to his
death at the hand of Azog.
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I made this a day before Veterans Day. Dedicated to my grandpa Lolo Pa-it, and to all veterans out there. My grandfather was a veteran soldier who survived the war. Tell me a story about your veteran grandpa. Comment below.
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Here are some behind the scenes pictures. The Sherman tank is just a MOC (My Own Creation) so it was not really that good. I am not a master builder. haha. :)
I made this using diorama of different materials with Lego minifigures.
Since I don't have any dragons, I just got the dragon from McDonald's
How to Train your Dragon happy meal. Find it in the video! :)
And check out some behind the scenes below! Cheers!
