Battlestation Blaauw 1942 - future war museum
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In June 2010 François van der Hoeven, Fred Chumaceiro and I visited Blaauw together with an official from the Monumentenburo (Monument Conservation buro). At Blaauwbaai we met the Security Manager Allan van der Ree (since January 1, 2012 no longer employed by Blue Bay Security). Apart from being the person in charge of the security at the Blauwbaai resort at that moment, he is also representing the Foundation Battle Station Blaauw 1942. This foundation strives to conserve the remnants of the American presence in Curaçao during World War II and to keep the remembrance of their efforts alive. There was a large battle station at the plantation Blaauw during the war with a number of barracks, several gun emplacements, some ammunition bunkers and a place where vehicles could be maintained, the motor pool. Several remnants of this battle station are still present and in reasonably good shape. During this visit the official from the Monumentenburo documented these remnants. This is the first step to get a formal status as a monument.
Old houses at Giftenberg - Cas Abou
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On Thursday the archaeology sleuths, as we like to call ourselves, gathered at the entrance of the plantation Cas Abou. Our goal was to search for any remnants of a small village that was located on the Giftenberg, in the past a separate small plantation but currently an area of the plantation of Cas Abou. According to the Werbata topographical map of 1909 there were (at least) three houses here each with a wooden or sod structure next to it and each with a fenced-in area around it.
Former defense systems at Klein Piscadera
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With permission from mr Attaf, member of the family that owns the Klein Piscadera plantation, we went to that area to look for the search light that was placed close to the entrance of the Piscadera Bay. Allan van der Ree was our guide. We gathered close to the entrance of the plantation of Klein Piscadera and from there we went by car to the foot of the Jack Evertsz mountain. When we couldn't go any further we parked the cars and continued by foot in the direction of the peninsula next to the entrance of the bay.
Koraal Tabak revisited
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In January of this year we went to this area in search of indian sites and remnants of a WW-II observation post. We found both although the observation post was a mix of WW-II and later building material. When we left the area of this observation post Fred saw something like a concrete block on the upper plateau of the Seru Stèla. It was already late so we couldn't investigate then. This time we went back to find out what Fred had seen.
Westpunt - Seru Belefá
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The story goes that in the hills behind the church of Westpunt there was a house that was used by military personnel during the Second World War maybe for storing weapons or ammunition. The strangest stories are told; there should be cannons, guns and shells in these hills. More than enough reason to investigate this. And because one of the people who would know more about this is at Wacao, we make a first stop there.
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