Tunnels – Page 8 – Philippine-Sailor

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

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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