Manila Bay – Page 133 – 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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Zf038. I could not resist taking at least one shot of inside the Fort Mills 1918 Underground Barracks on Corregidor Island. Indeed it is still there, inviting to come in and have a look. Above the entrance in the last image are some ventilation grills and one can shoot a picture thru them.

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Zf037. This is the entrance to the Fort Mills 1918 Underground Barracks on Corregidor Island. I think, if we want to go inside again we have to move some of that dirt and those rocks.

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Zf036. The way and distance to the entrance to the Fort Mills 1918 Underground Barracks from the bridge in the previous picture. I cut all that bamboo/vines vegetation out of the way, while there.

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Zf035. This is a bad picture of the bridge over the main James Ravine Creek leading to the 1918 underground troop barracks, but it illustrates how I got to the barracks this time. I’m looking up creek and I climbed up to my right and the entrance to the barrack is near there. This time it was the easiest way to get there.

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Zf034. This is a small section of the Fort Mills,-Corregidor map showing the mouth of the James Ravine and the places I looked at. Also, you can look back to earlier maps and data graphs in this thread. On this trip I did not enter the three tunnels we know of in James Ravine, the Mine Casemate, the 1918 underground Barracks or the Machinegun Casemates since I was alone.

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Zf033. This is the bridge to the Fort Mills Mine Casemate in James Ravine, can you see the casemate, it is there, and I see it.

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Zf032. The three US Army Philippine Scout’s Grave Stone, it took me some time to find them and I cleared some grass to find them. I really like to do something with them and I hope in the future they will be displayed somewhere on Corregidor. We have been told these three grave stone were rescued by a retired US Marine Officer (he is dead now) from the Fort Mills Cemetery on the Corregidor Tailend Cemetery because the other stones were disappearing.

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Zf029. Battery James is completely grown over again; it was to nicely cleared a few years ago. In this picture we are looking at the area of gun #1 & #2, right of the display board honoring the battery’s Filipino Crew.

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Zf028. Battery James is completely grown over again; it was to nicely cleared a few years ago. In this picture we are looking perhaps at gun #3, left of the display board honoring the battery’s Filipino Crew.

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Zf027. This is the road to James Ravine and Battery James; it looks like it cannot be used by a vehicle anymore. It seems to the water pump at the ravine is service by motorcycle riding personnel. I can tell you exactly where this spot is; it is right in front of the 155mm GPF gun shelter about 200 feet from Battery James. Later when I returned I cleared the gun shelter.