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Guiuan as a Naval and Air Base in WWII

Guiuan as a Naval and Air Base in WWII By Ricardo Trota Jose This is an article published in the Journal of History Vol. LXIX {January-Dece4mber 2023}: 50-79 2023 The Philipp0ine National Historical Society, Inc. The article has 15 pages which include 17 images and you can read it with this URL, but you got […]

Guiuan, Naval Supply Depot 1945

06 Guiuan USN Base 1945 —————————————————– This place is full of history and that is why I like to go there. I shot these pictures in 2024. Google AI Overview During World War II, Guiuan in Eastern Samar served as a massive US Naval Base (Base 3149) and a critical naval supply depot, established in late […]

US returns to Subic to recover POW remains

Oryoku Maru Recovery Ops.05. AI generated picture of the imagined situation of the sunken Oryoku Maru on the Olongapo Harbor Bottom. Randy Anderson says this: The image accompanying these posts are reconstruction that illustrates the present-day wreck site of the Oryoku Maru in Subic Bay, based on compiled scuba diver reports, site descriptions, and known environmental conditions. […]

Middleside Barracks, ex Fort Mills, on Corregidor

Middleside Barracks from fots2 05 2007 aerial view of the barracks ———————————————————– Built in 1915, Middleside Barracks was a modern structure for its day. I have never seen any sort of blueprints for the barracks so I cannot label any locations or room functions. Toilets and showers are obvious. Only one room had any indication […]

Battery Grubbs visited by VFW Post 11447, Feb. 2026

LAS17 picture shows the bridge which leads to Battery Grubbs gun control station at the rear of the battery, it was much damaged during WWII. ———————————————— Battery Grubbs was a 10 Inch Gun Battery in Fort Mills on Corregidor. I enjoy visiting this battery because ist entrance looks like a European Fortress and one […]

The Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor Island & Area 2026

No 8 Image No 01 to No 11 Pacific War Memorial pictures give you the Key Features and the Significance of the Pacific War memorial. The Dome:A large, open-roofed structure with an altar beneath it, inscribed with the words: “Sleep, my sons, your duty done, for Freedom’s light has come”. Visited and viewed by VFW […]

Philippine-American Friendship Park 2017 and 2026

01 PHIL-AM Park, this is a 2017 picture of the Phil-Am Park, Topside on Corregidor. ————————————————- The Philippine-American Friendship Park is now located Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills, next to the Cine and south of it. It has a nice stature of a Filipino and an American soldier supporting each other in […]

VFW Post 11447 (Subic) visited Corregidor 2026.

Joe09 Corregidor picture shows VFW11447 arriving inside of the North Mine Dock on the North Shore of Corregidor with Villa Carmen boats. ———————————————– Members, spouses and friends of VFW Post Paul P. Busek 11447 visited Corregidor to observe the Liberation First Flag 81st Anniversary of the 503d PIR raising the US 48Star Flag on […]

Battery Way 2026, VFW Post 11447 in Subic Bay

LAS05 Battery Way 2026, VFW 11447, a 12 motor gun of Battery Way and the Captain Bill Massello and “Erie” Battery, 60th Coast Artillery Plaque is dead center in this picture. ——————————————— Battery Way of the former Fort Mills on Corregidor was visited by Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 11447 Paul P. Busek on the […]

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. ————————————————- The VFW Post Paul P. Busek 11447 visited Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills, on the 81st Anniversary of the Liberation of Corregidor on the 16th Feb 2026, the day of the Rock Force […]