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WWII Tidbits from the www, Post #3.

Zf612.Sound location equipment in Germany, 1939. It consists of four acoustic horns, a horizontal pair and a vertical pair, connected by rubber tubes to stethoscope type earphones worn by the two technicians left and right. The stereo earphones enabled one technician to determine the direction and the other the elevation of the aircraft. This picture […]

Corregidor, Other 1945 Images from San Diego Air Museum

Zf587. One of the best pictures I have seen of the Fort Mills Hospital on Corregidor. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor. —————————————————— Album Description: Image from and album donated showing images from the Philippines during the Second World War. The album belonged […]

Images of Gen. Douglas MacArthur No 2

Zf586. From Asia’s WW2, dated 20th March 2022, click here: , 1942: General Douglas MacArthur, recently arrived in Australia after evacuation from the Philippines, utters famous words: “I came through and I shall return” ————————————————– He is one of my favored Military Leaders and Persons that is why I like to share his pictures. We […]

Nagsasa Cove Hike, 2022-03-15

Zf576. Pic #01: One of 5 images with my GPS track, and walking data from my Garmin GPS device and track account. ————————————————————— In this web presentation I chose these 9 images, picture serial numbers referred to, are based on the 155 images in the long Photobucket album. This is a challenging hike on the […]

Historic Naval Images from Cavite

Zf568. This is an early last century U.S. Marine Corps Memorial in Cavite. This is all I know. Most likely it got established in memory of Marines who lost their lives, mostly (most likely) in the Philippine-American War 1899-1902. This picture was provided by a Marine (Ret) and friend, Bert Caloud. ————————————— This is an […]

Botolan Tarlac Road as of 3rd March 2022.

Zf558. My 2017 track, red and my 2022 track, yellow of my walk along the Botolan-Tarlac Road from the Zambales side. ———————————————————– On the 3rd of March 2022 I Inspected the Zambales-Tarlac Road again. A tricycle gave me a ride and I saved approximately 6km of my walk. The concrete seems to be going all […]

Visit Corregidor from Bataan.

Zf549. The Three Amigos. We visited Corregidor between the 14th and 18th of Feb. 2022 to commemorate the raising of the first US Flag on Corregidor by the Rock Force, the paratroopers in particular after the surrender of the Philippines to the invading Imperial Japanese Military. We called this event: “First Flag, 16th Feb. 1945 […]

Corregidor VIP visitors

Zf539. President Clinton apparently visited on the 17th Nov 1994 according to this picture, displayed in the Admin Building on Corregidor. I don’t know what the occasion was. I do know he was in the Philippines again in 1996 for the APEC Meeting in Subic Bay. ————————————————— Not only ordinary people visit Corregidor, VIPs also like […]

SBFZ Fence around the Familiar Peak on SBFZ 2022-01-21

Zf510. (007) this is one of 13 images in the above album about my track of this -along the SBFZ Fence around the Familiar Peak- walk from Google Earth and my Garmin account and they give other relevant information. In new Cabalan I forgot to safe my GPS track, so the last 2 km of […]

Other WWII Bataan Memorials & Plaques #1

Zf500. GEN. KING SURRENDER MARKER AT LAMAO, BATAAN, Picture # X360 posted in the below linked URL on the 28th April, 2015 entry. ————————————— This album, webpage is for some other WWII memorials & plaques in Bataan, —————————————- Five other memorials/plaques in Bataan! My friend Roger Davis, a member of the Coastal Defense Study Group […]