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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Zf237. One of 5 images shot from right to left at the shore end of the Lorcha Dock on Corregidor, where Gen MacArthur and his companions left here with the PT boats and broke thru the Japanese lines. Here, we are looking at the present Corregidor Foundation Administration buildings. They were apparently built in the […]
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Zf348
Zf348. This picture must be a Corregidor defense position, a concrete trench. The picture description says it is a Marine Shore Defense Position on Bataan. But the description says that Corregidor surrendered today with the date 5-6-42. See the next images with more details. The photo is credited as an official U.S. Marine Corps Photo […]
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Zf349. This is the description of the previous image. This picture with the description seems to be on sale in the internet and a friend asked this: “Karl, any value in this photo and the caption? Looked everywhere and can’t find it ever used in a newspaper. No Marines visible in it. Wondering if you’ve […]
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Zf347
Zf347. This is the writing on back of the previous image and my translation: Title: 3528/ Last refuge of the Americans in the Philippines ============================================================== Our map transmits an understandable image of the Island Corregidor situation in Manila Bay on the Philippines-Island Luzon, which, as the Japanese small flags marked positions show, is completely encircled/locked […]
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Zf319. Venue: American Legion Post 52 at 711 6th St S, La Crosse, WI. on November 11th, at 2PM. Dear Friends and Family, we have been very pleased with the reception our book has gotten and the good reviews. RELENTLESS HOPE – A True Story of War and Survival, by Dave Britt with John Duresky […]
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Zf240. File Photo of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18). 180718-N-N0101-999GULF OF MEXICO (July 18, 2018) The future littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) is underway for acceptance trials, which are the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy. The Independence-variant littoral combat ship will be commissioned […]
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