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Zo594. USS Trout (SS-202) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, unloading gold bars which she had evacuated from Corregidor.

Zo593. USS Trout (SS-202) approaches USS Detroit (CL-8) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from the Philippines. The gold had been loaded aboard Trout at Corregidor on 4 February 1942.

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Zo595. USS Trout (SS-202) returns to Pearl Harbor on 14 June 1942, after the Battle of Midway. She is carrying two Japanese prisoners of war, Chief Radioman Hatsuichi Yoshida and Fireman 3rd Class Kenichi Ishikawa, survivors of the sunken cruiser Mikumawho had been rescued on 9 June. Among those waiting on the pier are Rear Admiral Robert H. English and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The district ferry Nihoa (YFB-19) is in the left background, just to the right of Trout’s jack. Two .30 caliber Lewis machineguns are mounted on Trout’s sail, flanking the periscope shears.

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Zo407. The grave of Harold J. Duncan from the EXO, the webmaster of the forum and the webpages Corregidor.org.

Zo017

Zo017. Note from Karl: For some reason the original picture disappeared, as of today, 2019-02-14, it show3s again but from a different server:

Zo019

Zo019. Note from Karl: For some reason the original picture disappeared, as of today, 2019-02-14, it show3s again but from a different server:

Zo018

Zo018. Note from Karl: For some reason the original picture disappeared, as of today, 2019-02-14, it show3s again but from a different server:

Zc282

Zc282. A drawing from armyjunk’s thread in the Corregidor forum about U.S, Forces dumping silver into Caballo Bay.

Zc284

Zc284. Robert C Sheats with the Morse Shallow Water hat from: http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/silver-salvage-in-caballo-bay-japans-sabotaged-treasure-hunt/

Zc283

Zc283. A drawing from armyjunk’s thread in the Corregidor forum about U.S. POWs of the Japanese recovering silver in Caballo Bay.