Manila Bay – Page 108 – 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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Zf596. In this picture we are looking east again and we see the Corregidor Tailend and right we see the Caballo Island which was Fort Hughes. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf595. In this picture we are looking east towards the Tailend and Malinta Hill, which is target of air or ship artillery fire. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf594. We are looking South-West, in the middle are the bunched Fort Mills Quartermaster storehouses; right of them is the golf course, the landing Field for the 503d PIR. ”B”. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf593. Paratroopers of the 503d Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) are dropping onto Topside in the former 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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Zf592. This is an aerial view of Topside in the former Fort Mills on Corregidor Island. In the foreground are the Bachelor Officer Quarters, above is the Parade Ground, left are the water tanks and right is the so-called Mile Long Barracks. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the […]

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Zf591. This is the amphibious assault towards the south beach at Bottomside by the U.S. Army 34th Inf. in the former 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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Zf590. Looking from above Battery Wheeler across the NCO Barracks at Topside in the former Fort Mills on Corregidor towards the upper start point of James Ravine; Bataan is in back. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf589. Looking from above Battery Geary across the golf course at Topside in the former Fort Mills on Corregidor towards the SE corner of Bataan. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf588. The Fort Mills Hospital on Corregidor, looking east. This is a San Diego Air and Space Museum WWII image from the donated album of T.B. Suitor.

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Zf557. This is the Parachute Infantry Regiment 503d First Flag on Corregidor 1945 Memorial. The old flag pole had become rotten, unusable and needed to be replaced. CFI got right on it and replaced it with a metal one in Jan. 2022. This is a CFI image.