Media Category: Tunnels

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Zf968. This is the second Japanese POW camp located on Bottomside north. This area is now a mostly open field with some ‘sponsored’ trees planted in it. The field lies between Lorcha Dock and the present day Church. The 12-inch gun barrel seen near bottom right still lies at this same location today.

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Zf967

Zf967

Zf967. Prison labor built the Malinta Tunnel and prison labor would clean it up. The difference now was that the labor would be Japanese POWs. This photo shows part of the Bottomside south POW camp. Notice that the base of Malinta Hill has already been leveled off by the bulldozers.

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Zf966

Zf966. Even before the war ended on Luzon, the clean-up of Corregidor commenced. Here we see bulldozers working to remove rubble and open the road along the western side of Malinta Hill.

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Zf965. A close-up view of the West entrance in 1945.

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Zf964

Zf964. The West entrance was not so fortunate. It was destroyed to the point of nearly being sealed. Only part of the arch remains.

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Zf963

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Zf961

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General MacArthur and Officers Observing Bombed region

General MacArthur and Officers Observing Bombed region

March 1945 — General MacArthur and his staff look over damage done to the Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor after he made good his pledge to return. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

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Zf950

Zf950. A group of patients relax in the fresh air outside the main Hospital entrance (i.e. the Malinta Tunnel North entrance).

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