Tunnels – Page 4 – Philippine-Sailor

Media Category: Tunnels

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Zf959. At war’s end, the East entrance was still intact as we see in the following five photos. On March 2nd 1945, General MacArthur returned to Corregidor and his visit to the East entrance gives us a good view of what it looked like at that time.

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Zf957. February 16th 1945 view of the western part of Malinta Hill facing Bottomside. (photo courtesy EXO)

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Zf956. This 1945 aerial view of Malinta Hill shows its north (photo’s left side) and western slopes (photo’s mid to right side). Much of the south western part of the hill has been pulverized into rubble. Japanese guns on Bataan had a clear view of this part of Malinta Hill.

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Zf955 This photo was taken within a few seconds of the previous photo…same people

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Zf954. 1942 surrender photo taken at the Malinta Tunnel East entrance.

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Zf953. This and the next two surrender photos (in May of 1942) are said to have been staged by the Japanese for their cameras to record. We are seeing the West entrance here.

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Zf952. Here we see a video capture of the West entrance during wartime but before it was heavily damaged. Note the difference between this photo and the next one.

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Zf951. A 1942 photo of Mass being held inside one of the laterals.

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Zf940. Here is a war-time view of the West entrance taken from a 1941 video.

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Zf948. This video capture is from a Japanese newsreel recorded shortly after the 1942 surrender. Hospital bunks are stacked three high.