Manila Bay – Page 143 – 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.

Zd224

Zd224. Flickr 061. The partial description seems to be talking about the USS Intrepid CV-11 under attack as observed from the USS New Jersey. The following paragraph is copied from Wikipedia: A Japanese air raid on 25 November struck the fleet shortly after noon. Two kamikazes crashed into Intrepid, killing sixty-six men and causing a serious fire. The ship remained on station, however, and the fires were extinguished within two hours. She was detached for repairs the following day, and reached San Francisco on 20 December.

Zd223

Zd223. Flickr 060. This partial image description is clear about Subic Bay and it indicates the US Forces left this gun there in 1942 and that the Japanese did not use it. The image apparently was shot in 1945. I have been in the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay many times and this gun could be one of several 3 Inch guns of Battery Flake. We see land at left and that should be Bataan.

Zd222

Zd222. Flickr 059. This partial image description is clear about Subic Bay and it indicates the US Forces left this gun there in 1942 and that the Japanese did not use it. The image apparently was shot in 1945. I have been in the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay many times and I’s sure this is one of four 3 Inch guns of Battery Jewell. It is facing Mount Cinco Pecos on the Peninsular that separates Subic Bay from the South China Sea.

Zd221

Zd221. Flickr 058. This is unique image of the so-called “Mile-Long-Barracks”, the eastern half of it. It must be shot at 1970 or after, the Dome of the Pacific War Memorial is in sight.
Topside Barracks stands shattered on Corregidor which was bombarded intensely by the Japanese in 1941-42 and by American forces as they retook the island fortress in 1945. I see the old flagstaff still stands, said General MacArthur on the day of victory. William Graves, who survived the siege when he was 14, went back to Corregidor 43 years later. His account of the battle and his return appear in the July National Geographic.

Zd220

Zd220. Flickr 057. This image has no SWPA-Sig. number nor a description but it is not needed. This is an aerial shot of Corregidor Island, P.I., perhaps before the 16th Feb. 1945, the day of Liberation for Corregidor. If you zoom in you can recognize all the well-known features of Topside in Fort Mills, The lighthouse, the water tanks, the Mile-Long Barracks etc.

Zd219

Zd219. Flickr 056. SWPA-Sig C-45-14767. 24th April 1945. SC263056. This is the Fort Mills Cine, theatre Topside on Corregidor Island, P.I. WE also see the east end of the so-called “Mile Long Barracks”. Photographer T/4 Harry Young.

Zd203

Zd203. Flickr 050. No description for this picture! This aerial shot of Topside, Corregidor Island and is looking south; in front is the so called; “Mile Long Barracks”, the in back is Battery Crockett. It might be a reconnaissance image before the airborne assault in Feb. 1945.

Zd202

Zd202. Flickr 049. No description for this picture! It seems to be a post WWII image of the west entrance of the famous Malinta Hill Tunnel. The tunnel is cleaned up and the vehicle and the Philippine Soldier are post WWII.

Zd201

Zd201. Flickr 048. SWPA-Sig C-45-13284. 6th March 1945. South mine dock, south shore Bottomside on Corregidor Island, P.I. Photographer: T/5 Kingsley Fall. During the Siege of Corregidor, it was mainly used by the Navy. Right, we see the Corregidor Breakwater Point and the Army made their amphibious assault, just right of this pier, on the 16th Feb. 1945 and called the landing site: “Black Beach”.

Zd200

Zd200. Flickr 047. This is the Fort Mills Hospital on Corregidor Island, P.I. We don’t have the description for this image but we Corregidor Friends, know the hospital well. I speculate that the picture was shot on the 6th of March 1945, like many other pictures of this CDSG Collection. This is the rear of the hospital, on the 2nd floor in the left wing, which is between two other wings was the hospital Galley (Kitchen).