Within Fort Frank, one of the fortified islands defending Manila Bay (Philippines), there is remaining on a wall a poem written in Chinese. It is likely, but of course not 100% certain, it was written during the Japanese occupation of the fort. While I have posted it elsewhere I have not yet had any feedback on what I find to be quite an intriguing piece of history. From left to right, on one wall: My brother had this to say: The left side of the left photo looks like Japanese, although I can't really make it out, but the parts shown in the righthand and middle photos are poems written in Chinese (I suppose that an educated Japanese officer could have written Chinese poetry, but I don't really know). It is hard to make out all the characters, but the first two lines of the poem on the middle photo is something like "This year to repay my feelings for my country, if I sacrifice my life in righteousness it will be of no consequence". So, any thoughts?
