Manila Bay – Page 102 – 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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Zf953. This and the next two surrender photos (in May of 1942) are said to have been staged by the Japanese for their cameras to record. We are seeing the West entrance here.

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Zf952. Here we see a video capture of the West entrance during wartime but before it was heavily damaged. Note the difference between this photo and the next one.

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Zf951. A 1942 photo of Mass being held inside one of the laterals.

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Zf940. Here is a war-time view of the West entrance taken from a 1941 video.

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Zf948. This video capture is from a Japanese newsreel recorded shortly after the 1942 surrender. Hospital bunks are stacked three high.

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Zf948. This video capture is from a Japanese newsreel recorded shortly after the 1942 surrender. Hospital bunks are stacked three high.

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Zf947. A look at a Hospital lateral. They are empty now but still look like that with painted strips. Other parts are not painted.

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Zf946. MacArthur and Sutherland in their HQ lateral.

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Zf945. Another 1942 photo.

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Zf944. 1942 photo of men working in one of the laterals. Note the fluorescent lighting.