| Last additions - Corregidor |
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!Sep 21, 2010
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Before getting on the boat, I picked up a few shells as a reminder of my time here.Sep 21, 2010
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This seemed to me to be a nice memorial photograph from my experience on Corregidor.Sep 21, 2010
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One last photo overlooking the entrance to the Philippines' Manilla Bay.Sep 21, 2010
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Below you can see the destroyed headquarters and sleeping quarters.Sep 21, 2010
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Peeking through a pile of sandbags outside of the tunnel.Sep 21, 2010
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One of the tunnels that was no longer usable after the war.Sep 21, 2010
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This was depicting how one of the tunnels looked when it was a hospital.Sep 21, 2010
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This was General MacArthur's headquarters.Sep 21, 2010
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This was one of the guards stationed inside the tunnel.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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This was the layout of the tunnel.Sep 21, 2010
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The tunnel has been visited by thousands, including President Clinton.Sep 21, 2010
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This is the entrance to the tunnel.Sep 21, 2010
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Sep 21, 2010
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I would be interested in any car buff telling me which one of these two cars would be more valuable.Sep 21, 2010
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As you can see, the next car belonged to Manuel Quezon.Sep 21, 2010
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"Taxi!" No, just kidding. His statue was next to the car.Sep 21, 2010
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This one belonged to Gen. MacArthur. I wonder how much it would be worth today?Sep 21, 2010
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Outside of the museum were these two cars.Sep 21, 2010
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Need the bathroom, ladies? Just look for the word SHE!Sep 21, 2010
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These guns were used in the war.Sep 21, 2010
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A photo of General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore at Leyte in October, 1944.Sep 21, 2010
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This was a great photo showing what the Battery Way originally looked like during the war.Sep 21, 2010
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This was a copy of the Honolulu Star Bulletin when Japan announced the "State of War" with the U.S.Sep 21, 2010
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This was an original copy of Time Magazine when they had General Wainwright on the cover.Sep 21, 2010
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I felt sad looking at this photo. He had gotten so skinny.Sep 21, 2010
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This explains the following photo.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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Not too far from the lighthouse is the Pacific War Memorial.Sep 21, 2010
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I loved this sign.Sep 21, 2010
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From the top, you can see that it was built on the highest part of the island.Sep 21, 2010
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The stairs were mighty steep!Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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One last photo of one of the mortars.Sep 21, 2010
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I was totally in awe of this area of Battery Way. Unbelievable!Sep 21, 2010
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This is a close-up view of the 12 inch mortar.Sep 21, 2010
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I just couldn't believe how huge these guns were.Sep 21, 2010
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When tourists come to the island, they are always taken to a core of Batteries. Crockett is one of them.Sep 21, 2010
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One of the cartridge rooms.Sep 21, 2010
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These were ammunitions storages.Sep 21, 2010
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Our guide did a wonderful job of explaining everything to us.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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This view was taken from the end of the headquarters.Sep 21, 2010
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This is looking from the roof down.Sep 21, 2010
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The next three photos show what it looks like today.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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This is what it looks like today.Sep 21, 2010
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This is what the cinema looked like before the Japanese attack on Corregidor.Sep 21, 2010
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This is the trolley that took us around the island.Sep 21, 2010
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A statue dedicated to all of the soldiers that died here.Sep 21, 2010
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Standing next to that same gun.Sep 21, 2010
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One of the big guns overlooking the peninsula of Bataan, most widely known for the Bataan Death March during WWII.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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A couple of boats used by some local fishermen.Sep 21, 2010
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Corregidor is 4 miles long and 1.5 miles wide, and it is also known as the Rock.Sep 21, 2010
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This is overlooking the tip of the island.Sep 21, 2010
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People exiting the tour boat.Sep 21, 2010
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It was about an hour boat trip from Manilla to Corregidor.Sep 21, 2010
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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.Sep 21, 2010
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