Manila Bay – Page 177 – 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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Z203. This is one of 6 images about a Fort Mills concrete shelter at Barrio Concepcion in the Stockade Level on Corregidor Island. I wanted to find it again and this time, mark it with GPS.

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Z202. This is one of 6 images about a Fort Mills concrete shelter at Barrio Concepcion in the Stockade Level on Corregidor Island. I wanted to find it again and this time, mark it with GPS.

Z197. On my walk thru the ex Fort Mills Stockade Level I saw many steps like this, concrete walkways and concrete floor of the Barrio Concepion houses. Much of this area is terraced. I also saw many bomb or artillery shell impact holes.

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Z196. This is a Google Earth image covering the Fort Mills Stockade Level on Corregidor Island. I marked in some of the relevant items of this album.

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Z195. This is a section of the 1936 Fort Mills Facility drawing, covering the Fort Mills Stockade Level. I marked in some of the relevant items of this album.

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Z198. On my walk thru the ex Fort Mills Stockade Level I saw many steps like this, concrete walkways and concrete floor of the Barrio Concepion houses. My GPS device shows that these steps were just west of the 92nd C.A. (P.S.) barracks # 255.

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Z190. This is one of 6 images of the 75mm Gun semi-fixed emplacement in the former Spanish Fort on Corregidor Island. It is sitting right on top of the wall of the Spanish Fort. We can see the round base it was sitting on so it could be trained onto the target.

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Z189. This is one of 6 images of the 75mm Gun semi-fixed emplacement in the former Spanish Fort on Corregidor Island. It could cover the south beach at Bottomside

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Z188. This is an Army prewar aerial image of Fort Mills of the Stockade level of Corregidor Island. This picture was provided by Karl Schmidt, a leader in the Coastal Defense Study Group organization (cdsg.org) who got it from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

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Z194. This is one of 6 images of the 75mm Gun semi-fixed emplacement in the former Spanish Fort on Corregidor Island. There is this large bomb or artillery shell impact hole next the magazine. On my walk thru the Stockade level I came across many bomb or artillery impact holes.