Corregidor Isl.-Fort Mills – Page 91

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

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WWII Coastal Artillery Guns are being installed in Manila Bay Zf650. Screenshot of a Manila Bulletin Facebook Video: Workers rush to install the ‘The Heritage Cannon’, a World War II relic, in the Remedios area of the Dolomite beach as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources plans to reopen the Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach […]

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Zf641. This is a sound detecting device of the 60th Coastal Artillery Regiment in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the 1930s from The Riley McGarraugh Collection. Photo is courtesy of Glen Wiliford who holds the copyright to it.

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Zf642. This, I believe, must to a gun fire direction device for an AA gun of the 60th Coastal Artillery Regiment in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in the 1930s from The Riley McGarraugh Collection. Photo is courtesy of Glen Wiliford who holds the copyright to it.

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Zf608. This obviously is the 12 Inch Battery Hearn in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf607. This is a view down the Engineering Ravine in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island from a point above and between the two Middleside Barracks. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf606. This must be Battery Crockett of Fort Mills on Corregidor Island but what is unique about this image is that machinegun tower. That is the clearest picture we seen of the machine gun towers but I believe it was ordered not to use them; they seemed to be a great target for strafing runs. […]

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Zf605. This picture shows the Malinta Hill Tunnel west entrances in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island, the fuel storage entrance is pretty clear. Notice there seems to be in position, still pieces of rail tracks over the trolley overpass at the bottom of the picture. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII […]

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Zf604. This is the clearest picture I have seen of the Stockade level in 1945 in Fort Mills on Corregidor. Hey, fots2 and oozlefinch, I see at least 2 AA guns and they are still in their positions. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. […]

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Zf609. This is a view of Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in 1945 looking east. Smoke and dust clouds from bombing runs prevent it being a clear picture. The aircraft camera is somewhere above the officer quarters, near the Fort Mills Hospital. The hospital is at right. This is a San Diego Air and Space […]

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Zf602. This is the Santa Thomas University in 1945, then used by the Japanese Imperial Aggressors and occupiers, as an internment camp for allied civilian personnel. Look at all the hootches that have constructed by the allied civilian internees. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of […]