Corregidor Isl.-Fort Mills – Page 128

Media Category: Corregidor Isl.-Fort Mills

All the information about Corregidor Island, the ex Fort Mills, before, during and after WWII.

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Zo932. Inside the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor, the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command.

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Zo931. A look back onto the Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor from the Eternal Light to Dome.

Zo939. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. It always warms my heart to see WWII pictures when Filipinos enthusiastic welcome the American Liberators and jump right it the action and help in many ways.

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Zo937. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. This is an extra ordinary picture; it says it was found by a GI in the US. who recognized it and brought it to the attention of the authorities? It shows the area where the Japanese Garden of Peace is now; it was completely over grown then. Japan authorities interned the soldiers and made into a memorial. In my view a good thing to do and this was the right place to honor the dead.

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Zo936. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. This is a memorial page to 5 suicide boat units which were perhaps stationed on Corregidor and I count over 700 men who perished.

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Zo924. Battery Wheeler, Gun #2, in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay with a Filipino relative of my family.

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Zo930. The Eternal Fame of Freedom is now solar powered since 2005. This plaque shows the history of this effort. This is part of the Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor, which I believe was completed in 1968.

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Zo929. The view is across the North-Channel between Corregidor and Bataan and we see the SE corner of Bataan, the Lamao industrial area. This view is from the end of a long promenade, displaying the WWII Battles of the Pacific War, which at the east end has the eternal Fame of Freedom installed. This is part of the Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor, which I believe was completed in 1968.

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Zo928. At the end of a long promenade, displaying the WWII Battles of the Pacific War, the eternal Fame of Freedom has been installed. This is part of the Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor, which I believe was completed in 1968. In 2006 the water was still here but it took a lot of service to maintain the quality of the water and the water eventual was put away.

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Zo927. Battery Wheeler, the gun barrel of Gun #1 at the location of Gun #2, in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay with a Filipino relative of my family. During the war, I was told the Japanese occupiers had the American POWs move the gun barrel here, what a hard job!