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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Zg061. Orders to Gen MacArthur to transfer to Australia to take command of the reconstituted ABDA Area. Add this to each image for Karl’s webpage: This images was provided by Victor on this webpage, https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1559/general-army-douglas-macarthur The picture was watermarked by Photobucket and was replaced, unmarked, in Jan. 2023 by Karl.
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Z0042. A Two Star Admiral Barge is alongside Lorcha Dock on the North Shore of Bottomside Corregidor. It apparently brought the visitors. This is a view of Corregidor, from the LIFE Magazine Archives, presented on the World War Pictures Facebook page. Jack Birns is the Photographer, the presentation indicates 1949 pictures. See the URL above!
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Zg044.This is a view of the Fort Mills Hospital from the top of the so-called Mile Long Barracks. I notice the hospital roof framing is still in place. The peak in the middle of the picture is Mt. Limay on Bataan which is east of Mt. Mariveles. This is a view of Corregidor, from the […]
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Z043. This is at one of the high caliber coastal defense batteries on Corregidor, the former Fort Mills. Plenty of stuff is still lying around. This is a view of Corregidor, from the LIFE Magazine Archives, presented on the World War Pictures Facebook page. Jack Birns is the Photographer, the presentation indicates 1949 pictures. See […]
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Is this really Gen. Yamashita’s pistol? This is a presentation from the Gen. MacArthur Memorial Dec. 2022 Newsletter. Zg033 Mr. Hans Hoeflein of Easton, PA, recently donated a Japanese Nambu pistol that belonged to MacArthur’s top World War II secret agent in the Philippines, Commander Charles “Chick” Parsons (pictured). Hoeflein grew up in wartime Manila, […]
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Zg004. Site of Wainwright surrender. John Duresky said this: Nice photo here, now if they just gave an idea of WHERE this was located it would be helpful, it came from this NARA collection, see pages 158-159, click here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80682260 This Gen. Wainwright Surrender Marker does not exist anymore.
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Zg003. Gen. Wainwright’s Staff Members of 1945-8-31, L to R, DOOLEY, PUGH, BEEBE, CARROLL in Manila. This is provided by John Duresky for his research for a book on Army Lt Chester K Britt. He said this: A wire photo I found last year of the same four aides dated 8/31/1945 which I sent to […]
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