Malinta Tunnel 2026, Visit by VFW Post 11447

LAS07 Malinta Tunnel 2026, VFW11447, the Philippine Flag is flying proudly in the Malinta Tunnel and is greeting our visit.

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The VFW Post Paul P. Busek 11447 visited Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills, on the 81^st Anniversary of the Liberation of Corregidor on the 16^th Feb 2026, the day of the Rock Force Assault in 1945.

We learned this about the Malinta Tunnel in Malinta Hill on Corregidor in Feb. 2026. The tunnel West Entrance is closed due to rock slides. The Malinta Tunnel Light and Sound Show is presently not available! We were given permission to enter it from the east entrance and had to exit it the same way. Lights were not available and we used our smart phone lights. We walked all the way to the west end and got a picture of a huge fuel tank of several, crushed like a beer can due to explosions in the tunnel during the liberation battle. VFW Comrade L. Alex Simmy got some fine picture with his smart phone in spite of the bad light situation.

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In the Corregidor Forum and Corregidor.org we have two outstanding web pages:

Malinta Tunnel in our Corregidor Forum, click here:

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The Lean Years, Paschal N. Strong, click here:

Picture descriptions:

Pictures # 01 to 03 are of the Malinta Tunnel East Entrance and a tunnel graph posted there.

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Pictures # 04 to 07 are of our careful walk into the Malinta Tunnel from the East Entrance. One picture shows the light showing thru the closed door at the tunnel West entrance. Notice the Philippine Flag is hoisted in the tunnel; it was part of the former Malinta Tunnel Light and Sound Show.

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Pictures # 08 to 11 are of some of the lateral tunnels and show the present conditions of some of them. There are many lateral tunnels from the main tunnel; in the hospital area and the Quartermaster area are many more. Notice the one of many crushed fuel tanks in the Gasoline Storage area.

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Pictures # 12 to 17 are 6 pictures of some of the main tunnel laterals which were used for the former Light and Sound Show. In the Corregidor Forum we have a webpage about this show, click here:

In the webpage above I wrote this paragraph:The show is about one half hour; the sound track seems to be continuous. The guide took us to a white line on the ground and we listened to a segment. Then some dim wall lights came on and we advanced to the next line etc. North and south lateral tunnels were used to add to the visual presentation. The north laterals have the figures and displays and the south laterals showed movie clips. The Corregidor story and WWII in the Philippines were presented in different segments.