Manila Bay – Page 109 – Philippine-Sailor

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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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Zf556. 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.

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Zf555. 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.

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Zf554. This is the boat landing at the North Shore at Bottomside on Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills. The landing should be improved; it is sometime a hairy situation to get on and off these banca boats. And yes, sadly, the trash problem in Manila Bay is not under control yet.

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Zf553. Mr. Rhonie Dela Cruz, the owner of the Bamban Historical Society and Bamban Museum of History on his smart phone. While on Corregidor he posted several entries in his Facebook account, click here:

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Zf552. So the bill from CFI for 3 people, 4 nights was 19,950 peso and 6,000 more for the boat service. Although the Corregidor Inn is not available CFI has rooms at 1000 peso (2 people) one night.

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ZF551. The location of boat service to Corregidor from Villa Carmen, big picture.

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ZF550. The location of boat service to Corregidor from Villa Carmen, big picture.

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Zf549. The Three Amigos. We visited Corregidor between the 14th and 18th of Feb. 2022 to commemorate the raising of the first US Flag on Corregidor by the Rock Force, the paratroopers in particular after the surrender of the Philippines to the invading Imperial Japanese Military. We called this event: “First Flag, 16th Feb. 1945 […]

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Zf547. Lady Edna Binkowski at Battery Hearn in 1988 Edna Binkowski is an author, historian, a community activist in matters of history of the Philippines and WWII and has been a long time resident of Bataan. She is present at most history commemoration events on the Luzon Island. She organized history tours and visits to […]

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Zf548. Edna Binkowski brought a HIGH LEVEL GROUP to Corregidor the CFR (Committee Foreign Relations) with General Blaine, and some ambassadors of various countries. Also General David Blackledge of the Desert Storm came along. Edna is the proud author of this book: Code Name: High Pockets: True Story of Claire Phillips, an American Mata Hari […]