Camp Vicente Lim

[1] It has played a significant part in the local history of the Calabarzon region, as well as the national history of the Philippines; it was part of the Calamba Airstrip during the Philippines' American Colonial era,[2] and was occupied by the Japanese during World War II although it is not recorded as having been used for military purposes during the war.

It was designated RECAD I and it housed thousands of political detainees from the Southern Tagalog and Bicol regions.

Some of the landmarks near Camp Vicente Lim are the Iglesia ni Cristo house of Worship, Imall grocery and Department store.

[4] UP College of Forestry instructor Crisostomo Vilar, who would later become vice mayor of Pagsanjan; and Bohol Chronicle columnist Merlita Lorena Tariman[4] were detained there,[5] as was Feminist activist Lorena Barros later transferred to Ipil Reception Center.

[7] Some victims, like UPLB Student activist Bayani Lontok, were killed elsewhere and then buried in an unknown grave within the camp.