Carabao Isl.-Ft. Frank – Page 7

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The island was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command.

Zg664

Zg664. This is the ex Fort Frank on Carabao Island being liberated in 1945 to make the entrance to Manila Bay save. This picture was copied from a 38th Inf. Div Yearbook at a local U.S Library by Roger Davis who is a member of the Coastal Defense Study Group (cdsg.org). It shows the 38th […]

Zg659 Sta. Mercedes

Zg659. Sta. Mercedes We are on our way back to Santa Mercedes hugging the shoreline. Opposite of the Limbones Island south end, on the mainland is this lovely cove.

Zg660 Sta. Mercedes

Zg660. Sta. Mercedes. The east end of Santa Mercedes Village and the Pico de Loro Mountain. We are back at Santa Mercedes and will start our next adventure.

Zg654 This fireball pic did not open, replaced

Zg653 Discussion about expensive traveling

Zg653 Discussion about expensive traveling. EXO put this in but it got watermarked.

Zg658 Ft. Frank recapture, 1 pilot killed, dmether

Zg657 Ft. Frank recapture, dmether

Zg656 Carabao Isl, the calm entrance, fireball

Zg656 Carabao Isl, the calm entrance, fireball. He said, he met them they looked bird nests.

Zg652 Battery Koehler 1945 from Tony Feredo

Here’s a photo of Battery Koehler during the retaking in 1945

Zg640 Fort Frank Water Source

Zg640. Sometime on our walk down-river in the Sinalang Cove Valley, it was not so easy. I was hurting from my fall and I’ll be 82 years young in two month and we were sweating like pigs. Loss of the gasoline supplies heightened Fort Frank’s critical fuel problem. To conserve fuel, Colonel Boudreau called for […]