Media Category: Zd
Had to start a new one, the older ones are full
Zd201
Zd201. Flickr 048. SWPA-Sig C-45-13284. 6th March 1945. South mine dock, south shore Bottomside on Corregidor Island, P.I. Photographer: T/5 Kingsley Fall. During the Siege of Corregidor, it was mainly used by the Navy. Right, we see the Corregidor Breakwater Point and the Army made their amphibious assault, just right of this pier, on the 16th Feb. 1945 and called the landing site: “Black Beach”.
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Zd200
Zd200. Flickr 047. This is the Fort Mills Hospital on Corregidor Island, P.I. We don’t have the description for this image but we Corregidor Friends, know the hospital well. I speculate that the picture was shot on the 6th of March 1945, like many other pictures of this CDSG Collection. This is the rear of the hospital, on the 2nd floor in the left wing, which is between two other wings was the hospital Galley (Kitchen).
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Zd199
Zd199. Flickr 046. 16th Feb. 1945, 328122. Paratroopers are landing on Corregidor Island, P.I. That is all what the description says. But we Corregidor Friends know what we see. Left is Crockett Ravine. Some paratroopers landed short of their Landing Field “B”, the Fort Mills Golf Course, they landed just under and a little left of Battery Geary. Paratrooper Dick Adams landed there and we showed him around a few years ago. He visited Corregidor again in 2020 for the 75th Anniversary of the Paratrooper assault of Corregidor.
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Zd205
Zd205. Flickr 052. No description for this picture! We can assume this is the plotting room for the previous gun control observation post image in Fort Mills Coastal Defense Artillery. These must be soldiers of the 91st Coast Artillery Regiment, a Coast Artillery Corps regiment in the United States Army, part of the Philippine Scouts. This could be a post for Battery Grubbs or Morrison.
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Zd204
Zd204. Flickr 051. No description for this picture! This is a very unique image, prewar most likely, of a gun control observation post in Fort Mills Coastal Defense Artillery. These are soldiers of the 91st Coast Artillery Regiment, a Coast Artillery Corps regiment in the United States Army, part of the Philippine Scouts. This could be a post for Battery Grubbs or Morrison. The reason we know that, is, the targets listed above the observation slits. Hornos Point is just west of Mariveles. During the siege of Corregidor, it was observed (daytime) that the Japanese Forces were bringing landing boats around that point. The Japanese were immediately targeted and that was the end of daylight trips.
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Zd192a
Zd192a This Google Earth Image is very similar than the 1945 image #Zd190. We see the National Highway #5 descending from the Balete/Dalton Pass to Santa Fe, it is about 7km. We see the Villa Verde Trail descending from the Salacsac Passes to Santa Fe also, that is about 18 km. Both passes, Balete and Salacsac Pass have been broken thru in May 1945 and the way into the Cagayan Valley is open, and the Allied Forces are now able to knock on Gen. Yamashita’s backdoor in Kiangan, Ifugao. I know these passes well now, been there several times.
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Zd193
Zd193. This is an WWII 1945 image of the Battle of the Balete Pass, fought by the 25th Division, to liberate North Luzon and defeat the Japanese Army. Filipino Commonwealth regulars, Constabulary and guerrillas also fought side by side with the 25th and many Filipino carried supplies and casualties. This picture was downloaded in high resolution from NARA.
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Zd191
Zd191. This is an WWII 1945 image of the Battle of the Balete Pass, fought by the 25th Division, to liberate North Luzon and defeat the Japanese Army. Filipino Commonwealth regulars, Constabulary and guerrillas also fought side by side with the 25th and many Filipino carried supplies and casualties. This picture was downloaded in high resolution from NARA.
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