Manila Bay – Page 99 – 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.

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Zf984. Warnings at the West entrance.

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Zf983. Close-up view of the West entrance taken in 1967.

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Zf971. Japanese POWs working inside Malinta Tunnel.

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Zf970. The West entrance is clear and work is being done inside the tunnel.

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Zf979. It does not take long for vegetation to envelop the island if left unchecked. This is the East entrance. (photo courtesy of armyjunk

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Zf978. looking out the same entrance. (photo courtesy of armyjunk)

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Zf977. The Malinta Tunnel West entrance in 1946. (photo courtesy of armyjunk)

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Zf976. Here is a closer look at the West entrance taken in 1946.

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Zf975. The clean-up seems to be complete in this photo. Malinta Tunnel West entrance basically looked the same until the 1975 to 1977 restoration got underway.

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Zf974. This crop of the previous photo shows a better view of the two tunnel entrances. POWs are dumping their wheelbarrow loads then heading back into the main tunnel.