WWII Tidbits – Page 2 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: WWII Tidbits

A collection of WWII images from the world wide web (WWW). These are pictures that drew my attention or are telling me a story that interests me.

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Zg600 Lt. Leo A. Boelens, the Davao Penal Camp Escapee, who of the 10 US Service Men, did not make it home. He fell on the Philippine Battle Field in 1944.

Zg599. John Duresky is an outstanding researcher and surprises me all the time with his discoveries as he has done here with this project. This picture is available in my Flickr account in high resolution with this URL, click here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/53226211550/in/album-72157715101887871/ John wrote all this research work onto this picture but I copy some of […]

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Zg598. Seven Men at a Table on Corregidor 1942 from Dean Schedler, Associated Press Corespondent. It started with a news clipping, John Duesky writes: Newspaper clipping courtesy of Patricia Prickett, daughter of Capt William F Prickett. I had the pleasure of meeting Patricia and other relatives of men who served at the annual convention of […]

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Zg597. John Duresky is the researcher of the writing team of the new book “Relentless Hope: A True Story of War and Survival, by David L. Britt”. I have helped him out with some information and John Duresky is sharing almost all his finds with me. Many of the pictures he presents are purchased by […]

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Zg596. The Admin is John Duresky, pictured here in 2021 (I believe) with a WWII vehicle in San Jose.

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Zg595. Philippines MIA Search and Recovery Project

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Zg456. The Tunnel Rats discussing the plan to enter the other tunnel under then Fort Bonifacio, an area which is now a residential area. I see the historian Rico Jose and the Document film producer Lucky Guillermo.

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Zg455. This is a map of the Fort Bonifacio Tunnel, perhaps from the days when the Philippine Army Museum conducted tours of the Fort Bonifacio Tunnel.

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Zg458. This is the north tunnel, towards the Rembo exit, shot 2012-07-24 Ft. This is a Bonifacio (ex Ft. McKinley) Tunnel image from Leo D. Dominguez.