Manila Bay – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Manila Bay

For the 4 islands in Manila Bay that used to be the Manila Bay Defense Forts, Corregidor-Ft. Mills, Caballo-Ft. Hughes, Fraile-Ft. Drum, Carabao-Ft.Frank.

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Zg065. Zoomed in page 2 of the Orders to Gen MacArthur to transfer to Australia to take command of the reconstituted ABDA Area. Add this to each image for Karl’s webpage: This images was provided by Victor on this webpage, https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1559/general-army-douglas-macarthur The picture was watermarked by Photobucket and was replaced, unmarked, in Jan. 2023 by […]

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Zg064. Page 2 of the Orders to Gen MacArthur to transfer to Australia to take command of the reconstituted ABDA Area. Add this to each image for Karl’s webpage: This images was provided by Victor on this webpage, https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1559/general-army-douglas-macarthur The picture was watermarked by Photobucket and was replaced, unmarked, in Jan. 2023 by Karl.

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Zg063. Zoomed in lower half of Orders to Gen MacArthur to transfer to Australia to take command of the reconstituted ABDA Area. Add this to each image for Karl’s webpage: This images was provided by Victor on this webpage, https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1559/general-army-douglas-macarthur The picture was watermarked by Photobucket and was replaced, unmarked, in Jan. 2023 by Karl.

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Zg062. Zoomed in upper half of Orders to Gen MacArthur to transfer to Australia to take command of the reconstituted ABDA Area. Add this to each image for Karl’s webpage: This images was provided by Victor on this webpage, https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1559/general-army-douglas-macarthur The picture was watermarked by Photobucket and was replaced, unmarked, in Jan. 2023 by Karl.

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Zg061. Orders to Gen MacArthur to transfer to Australia to take command of the reconstituted ABDA Area. Add this to each image for Karl’s webpage: This images was provided by Victor on this webpage, https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1559/general-army-douglas-macarthur The picture was watermarked by Photobucket and was replaced, unmarked, in Jan. 2023 by Karl.

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Z0042. A Two Star Admiral Barge is alongside Lorcha Dock on the North Shore of Bottomside Corregidor. It apparently brought the visitors. This is a view of Corregidor, from the LIFE Magazine Archives, presented on the World War Pictures Facebook page. Jack Birns is the Photographer, the presentation indicates 1949 pictures. See the URL above!

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Z041. This is an aerial view of Corregidor, from the LIFE Magazine Archives, presented on the World War Pictures Facebook page. Jack Birns is the Photographer, the presentation indicates 1949 pictures. See the URL above!

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Zg044.This is a view of the Fort Mills Hospital from the top of the so-called Mile Long Barracks. I notice the hospital roof framing is still in place. The peak in the middle of the picture is Mt. Limay on Bataan which is east of Mt. Mariveles. This is a view of Corregidor, from the […]

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Z043. This is at one of the high caliber coastal defense batteries on Corregidor, the former Fort Mills. Plenty of stuff is still lying around. This is a view of Corregidor, from the LIFE Magazine Archives, presented on the World War Pictures Facebook page. Jack Birns is the Photographer, the presentation indicates 1949 pictures. See […]

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Is this really Gen. Yamashita’s pistol? This is a presentation from the Gen. MacArthur Memorial Dec. 2022 Newsletter. Zg033 Mr. Hans Hoeflein of Easton, PA, recently donated a Japanese Nambu pistol that belonged to MacArthur’s top World War II secret agent in the Philippines, Commander Charles “Chick” Parsons (pictured). Hoeflein grew up in wartime Manila, […]