Corregidor Isl.-Fort Mills – Page 166

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

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Zc501. This is the Battery Sunset Magazine and is a 2018-07-07 image. Battery Sunset of Ft. Mills on Corregidor Island had four 155mm GPF guns, mounted on Panama Mounts.

Zc500

Zc500. This is the entrance to the Battery Sunset Magazine and is a 2018-07-07 image. Battery Sunset of Ft. Mills on Corregidor Island had four 155mm GPF guns, mounted on Panama Mounts.

Zc499

Zc499. This is the concrete walled entrance way to the Battery Sunset Magazine and is a 2018-07-07 image. We got to make a 90 degree left turn here.

Zc508. This is the same concrete recess or hole in the concrete walled entrance way to the Battery Sunset Magazine as in the last picture, No. Zc507 but is a 2018-07-07 image. This is the left wall if you walk into the magazine.

Zc507

Zc507. This is the concrete recess or hole in the concrete walled entrance way to the Battery Sunset Magazine and is a 2006-March-06 image. This is the left wall if you walk into the magazine.

Zc470

Zc416. This is perhaps Al McGrew’s MG Position at Middleside Fort Mills on Corregidor Island.

Was Al’s MG position here, did I interpreted your input correctly? So Al was guarding the rear, the inland side, of his battery? Did you check out his position and was there anything left?

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Zc438. 0ne of five images of my walk from Battery Cheney down to Bottomside on Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills in WWII, 2018-07-06, the waters off the north shore are calm and the local fishermen are out. Because of the SW Monsoons it is very calm at this side. There were SW ocean swell rolling in on the other side.

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Zc437. 0ne of five images of my walk from Battery Cheney down to Bottomside on Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills in WWII, 2018-07-06, we see the busy North Dock area.

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Zc441. 0n my walk from Battery Cheney down to Bottomside on Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills in WWII, 2018-07-06, this is the 3rd time today that I came across the street maintenance crew, very good!

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Zc440. 0ne of five images of my walk from Battery Cheney down to Bottomside on Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills in WWII, 2018-07-06, Malinta Hill had a recent rockslide from above the west entrance to the Malinta Hill Tunnel. A resident told me it was about 5 truckloads of debris.