Corregidor Island, Fort Mills – Philippine-Sailor

Category: Corregidor Island, Fort Mills

Corregidor is a place of HISTORY, important both for the Philippines and the United States of America. It was a great American Fort (Fort Mills) and played a key role in WWII. It was a battle field in the loss of the Philippines in 1942 and a great battle of liberation took place here in 1945! I love history and visited this island many times.

First Flag, Corregidor Liberation, 80th Anniversary

US 48 Star Flag raised on the 16th Feb. 1945 on Corregodr and at the 80th Anniversary. 1st Flag 1945-02-16 by PIR 503d Troopers of the 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment who raised the US flag on a power pole 1945-02-16 on the first day of the assault. Over the years the pole has disappeared. […]

Early Corregidor Visits from Various Sources

#6 pictures shows an AA gun and I assume it was a Japanese one; I saw a similar gun frame on Corregidor but it was for two firing barrels. But I never saw this 3 barrel gun anywhere. The picture was original labeled: “SBM1962 Corregidor AA Gun”. ——- Established this album to post picture of […]

The Great White Fleet in Manila Bay and early WWII images.

Great White Fleet passing Corregidor 1. It is now clear what the American public was seeing in newspapers in December 1941 to show American forces in the Philippines was actually a photo from 33 years earlier when the American Great White Fleet was making a world tour in late 1908 to showcase American Naval power. Image […]

Corregidor News 2024

Corregidor Visit 2024, 29 June 00. Please be advised that effective 26 March 2024, the operation and administration of Corregidor Island have been turned over to TIEZA. As such, kindly course all your inquiries and transactions to TIEZA thru electronic mail at corregidor@tieza.gov.ph or thru telephone number 8249-5900 loc. 754. We apologize for any […]

Battery Grubbs

Zg717. 110329h Battery Grubbs & Family. See, I even brought my family to Corregidor, this is my asawa (spouse in English) and she poses at No 2 Gun of Battery Grubbs, this was on the 29th of March 2011. ————————————————- Battery Grubbs was a 10 Inch Coast Artillery Battery with 2 guns on Corregidor. The […]

Corregidor Cine and Movie Theatres

Zg688 YMCA, Corregidor. Is the new YMCA Building on Middle side where we believe movies were shown. This photo was provided by John Moffitt. ————————————- Established this album to replace watermarked images about the Cine and Other Movie Venues in Fort Mills on Corregidor. Also, to post some of my recent pictures of the “Cine”. […]

Corregidor News as of 2023 Jan. 01

Zg331. It seems some military visitors organized their own Corregidor visit (April 2023) and tied-up their special crafts to the famous Lorcha Dock were Gen. MacArthur departed from in March 1942 with a heavy heart for Australia to organize his return to the Philippines and the defeat of Japan per repeated orders of President Roosevelt. […]

Battery Cheney of Fort Mills on Corregidor

Zg321. One of the 12 Inch gun barrels is being installed at Battery Cheney in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Philippines. It looks like they are using hydraulic jacks. This is a picture from the Karl Schmidt Collection, CDSG. He just sent it now, the 17th of June 2023 and gave me […]

Philippine Scout News, Album #1

Zg300. Battery “C”, 92nd CAC (Philippine Scouts) 1931 on Corregidor with Capt. Armstrong and 1st Lt. H.C. Reuter ——————————————————– These news items are from the Philippine Scouts or are about them. ——————————————————– This section is from Philippine Scouts Heritage Society. It is their Memorial Message of 2023. Memorial Day 2023 Wishing all PSHS members a […]

78th Anniversary of raising the First Flag of Liberation on Corregidor

Zg141. We are raising the 48 Star US Flag on the flagpole of the new First Flag Memorial/Marker, just west of the former Fort Mills Parade Ground. ————————————————– Zg142. The 48 Star US Flag is raised again on Corregidor on the 78th Anniversary, 16th Feb. 2023. ———————————————– Under the guidance of the webmaster of corregidor.org […]