| Most viewed - Corregidor |
67 viewsStanding next to that same gun.
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63 viewsA statue dedicated to all of the soldiers that died here.
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61 viewsThis is what it looks like today.
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59 viewsThe tunnel has been visited by thousands, including President Clinton.
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45 viewsAs 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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44 viewsBefore getting on the boat, I picked up a few shells as a reminder of my time here.
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38 viewsThis seemed to me to be a nice memorial photograph from my experience on Corregidor.
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25 viewsI 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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25 viewsThese guns were used in the war.
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25 viewsAs you can see, the next car belonged to Manuel Quezon.
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24 viewsThis gentleman was on the tour boat, and I found out that he is one of our heroes from the war.
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24 viewsThis was General MacArthur's headquarters.
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23 viewsThis 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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22 viewsIt was about an hour boat trip from Manilla to Corregidor.
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22 viewsThis 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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22 viewsThis is the trolley that took us around the island.
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22 viewsOne of the cartridge rooms.
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22 viewsThis was a great photo showing what the Battery Way originally looked like during the war.
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22 viewsA photo of General Douglas MacArthur wading ashore at Leyte in October, 1944.
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22 viewsI would be interested in any car buff telling me which one of these two cars would be more valuable.
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22 viewsPeeking through a pile of sandbags outside of the tunnel.
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21 viewsThis is what the cinema looked like before the Japanese attack on Corregidor.
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21 viewsThis is looking from the roof down.
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21 views"Taxi!" No, just kidding. His statue was next to the car.
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21 viewsThis was the layout of the tunnel.
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20 viewsThe next three photos show what it looks like today.
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20 viewsThis view was taken from the end of the headquarters.
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20 viewsNow 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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20 viewsWhen tourists come to the island, they are always taken to a core of Batteries. Crockett is one of them.
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20 viewsThis is a close-up view of the 12 inch mortar.
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20 viewsThis 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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19 viewsThis is overlooking the tip of the island.
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19 viewsCorregidor is 4 miles long and 1.5 miles wide, and it is also known as the Rock.
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19 viewsA couple of boats used by some local fishermen.
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19 viewsThis 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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19 views I just couldn't believe how huge these guns were.
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19 viewsI was totally in awe of this area of Battery Way. Unbelievable!
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19 viewsNot too far from the lighthouse is the Pacific War Memorial.
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19 viewsThis was one of the guards stationed inside the tunnel.
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18 viewsPeople exiting the tour boat.
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18 viewsOne of the big guns overlooking the peninsula of Bataan, most widely known for the Bataan Death March during WWII.
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18 viewsOne last photo of one of the mortars.
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18 viewsWe 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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18 viewsI'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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18 viewsThis was an original copy of Time Magazine when they had General Wainwright on the cover.
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18 viewsNeed the bathroom, ladies? Just look for the word SHE!
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18 viewsThis is the entrance to the tunnel.
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18 viewsThis was depicting how one of the tunnels looked when it was a hospital.
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18 viewsOne last photo overlooking the entrance to the Philippines' Manilla Bay.
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17 viewsThese were ammunitions storages.
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17 viewsThe stairs were mighty steep!
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17 viewsI loved this sign.
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17 viewsOutside of the museum were these two cars.
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17 viewsThis one belonged to Gen. MacArthur. I wonder how much it would be worth today?
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17 viewsOne of the tunnels that was no longer usable after the war.
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17 viewsBelow you can see the destroyed headquarters and sleeping quarters.
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16 viewsOur guide did a wonderful job of explaining everything to us.
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16 viewsFrom the top, you can see that it was built on the highest part of the island.
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16 viewsThis explains the following photo.
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16 viewsI felt sad looking at this photo. He had gotten so skinny.
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16 viewsThis was a copy of the Honolulu Star Bulletin when Japan announced the "State of War" with the U.S.
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14 viewsThis 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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