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I have never been sure why, but I have always been interested in the events of WWII, so when I had the chance to visit Corregidor, I took it.
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It was about an hour boat trip from Manilla to Corregidor.
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People exiting the tour boat.
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This is overlooking the tip of the island.
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Corregidor is 4 miles long and 1.5 miles wide, and it is also known as the Rock.
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A couple of boats used by some local fishermen.
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This gentleman was on the tour boat, and I found out that he is one of our heroes from the war.
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This is a statue of General Douglas MacArthur, one of the best known military leaders of WWII when he commanded Allied forces in the southwest Pacific.
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This phrase is one of the more famous in America history. It was given to reporters shortly after his harrowing escape from Corregidor and arrival in Australia.
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One of the big guns overlooking the peninsula of Bataan, most widely known for the Bataan Death March during WWII.
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Standing next to that same gun.
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A statue dedicated to all of the soldiers that died here.
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This is the trolley that took us around the island.
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This is what the cinema looked like before the Japanese attack on Corregidor.
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This is what it looks like today.
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This is a photo of the Fort Mills Post today. It was the headquarters of Gen. George F. Moore. It was also one of the locations at which, under the National Defense Act of 1935, that coastal artillery training was conducted.
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The next three photos show what it looks like today.
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This is looking from the roof down.
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This view was taken from the end of the headquarters.
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Now we are at Battery Way, named after Lt. Henry N. Way of the 4th U.S. Artillery. It's a battery of four 12 inch mortars. The mortars were manned by a crew of fourteen, and the firing sequence was done to two of the mortars at a time.
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This is a large view of the battery. This was the only single-pit battery built as part of the expansion of the U.S. Coast Artillery. It's four mortars were M1890 tubes on M1896 carriages.
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Our guide did a wonderful job of explaining everything to us.
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These were ammunitions storages.
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One of the cartridge rooms.
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When tourists come to the island, they are always taken to a core of Batteries. Crockett is one of them.
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I just couldn't believe how huge these guns were.
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This is a close-up view of the 12 inch mortar.
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I was totally in awe of this area of Battery Way. Unbelievable!
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One last photo of one of the mortars.
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We have moved on to see this lighthouse. It is still a functioning light house, and is the only remaining functional structure on the entire island. It was originally built during the Spanish colonial period but was heavily damaged during WWII. Today it has been restored and refurbished and now is operated with the use of solar energy.
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The stairs were mighty steep!
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From the top, you can see that it was built on the highest part of the island.
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I loved this sign.
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Not too far from the lighthouse is the Pacific War Memorial.
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I'm signing the welcome book. I looked through it and it was amazing to see where all the people came from.
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This explains the following photo.
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I felt sad looking at this photo. He had gotten so skinny.
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This was an original copy of Time Magazine when they had General Wainwright on the cover.
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This was a copy of the Honolulu Star Bulletin when Japan announced the "State of War" with the U.S.
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This was a great photo showing what the Battery Way originally looked like during the war.
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A photo of General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore at Leyte in October, 1944.
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These guns were used in the war.
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Need the bathroom, ladies? Just look for the word SHE!
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Outside of the museum were these two cars.
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This one belonged to Gen. MacArthur. I wonder how much it would be worth today?
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"Taxi!" No, just kidding. His statue was next to the car.
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As you can see, the next car belonged to Manuel Quezon.
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I would be interested in any car buff telling me which one of these two cars would be more valuable.
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This is the entrance to the tunnel.
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The tunnel has been visited by thousands, including President Clinton.
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This was the layout of the tunnel.
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This is the inside of the tunnel. The main tunnel, running east to west, is 831 feet, 24 feet wide, 18 feet high.
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This was one of the guards stationed inside the tunnel.
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This was General MacArthur's headquarters.
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This was depicting how one of the tunnels looked when it was a hospital.
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One of the tunnels that was no longer usable after the war.
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Peeking through a pile of sandbags outside of the tunnel.
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Below you can see the destroyed headquarters and sleeping quarters.
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One last photo overlooking the entrance to the Philippines' Manilla Bay.
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This seemed to me to be a nice memorial photograph from my experience on Corregidor.
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Before getting on the boat, I picked up a few shells as a reminder of my time here.
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As the day ended, and the boat headed back to Manilla, there was much to think about and remember. Thank you to all of you who served our country!
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