Media Category: Monuments,Museums

Ze003

Ze003

Ze003. We marched to the west end of the Topside Parade Ground, in the former Fort Mills on Corregidor Island. This is the first year that I remember, that the grass is not cut. The tractor with the attached mower was standing nearby but maybe it is not operational.

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Ze002

Ze002

Ze002. The dramatic image of the WWII image of Paratroopers raising the first US flag on Corregidor on the 16th Feb. 1945. T/5 Frank Guy Arrigo accompanied by Pfc Clyde I. Bates raised the flag. Photo – courtesy of Corregidor.org. That is the reason we are here, this was the first step of the Liberation Of Corregidor in 1945.

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Ze001

Ze001

Ze001. We hired a Sun Cruises vehicle for 400 peso and dropped off here, Topside on Corregidor at the Ro0ck Force Monument.

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Ze010

Ze010

Ze010. The flag is going up.

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Ze009

Ze009

Ze009. The flag is going up.

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Ze008

Ze008

Ze008. The flag is going up.

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Ze007

Ze007

Ze007. It is the 48 Star Flag donated by the Gen. MacArthur Memorial. It has 6 rows of 8 stars.

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Ze006

Ze006

Ze006. We are preparing the flag for hoisting.

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Zc989

Zc989

Gen MacArthur by John Cullen, from Brendon Murphy

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Zc875

Zc875

Zc875. Many sons and daughters of the Greatest Generation gathered on Corregidor on the 11th Nov 2013, a place that wrote history itself.

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