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Zd223

Zd223. Flickr 060. This partial image description is clear about Subic Bay and it indicates the US Forces left this gun there in 1942 and that the Japanese did not use it. The image apparently was shot in 1945. I have been in the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay many times and this gun could be one of several 3 Inch guns of Battery Flake. We see land at left and that should be Bataan.

Zd222

Zd222. Flickr 059. This partial image description is clear about Subic Bay and it indicates the US Forces left this gun there in 1942 and that the Japanese did not use it. The image apparently was shot in 1945. I have been in the former Fort Wint on Grande Island in Subic Bay many times and I’s sure this is one of four 3 Inch guns of Battery Jewell. It is facing Mount Cinco Pecos on the Peninsular that separates Subic Bay from the South China Sea.

Zd221

Zd221. Flickr 058. This is unique image of the so-called “Mile-Long-Barracks”, the eastern half of it. It must be shot at 1970 or after, the Dome of the Pacific War Memorial is in sight.
Topside Barracks stands shattered on Corregidor which was bombarded intensely by the Japanese in 1941-42 and by American forces as they retook the island fortress in 1945. I see the old flagstaff still stands, said General MacArthur on the day of victory. William Graves, who survived the siege when he was 14, went back to Corregidor 43 years later. His account of the battle and his return appear in the July National Geographic.

Zd220

Zd220. Flickr 057. This image has no SWPA-Sig. number nor a description but it is not needed. This is an aerial shot of Corregidor Island, P.I., perhaps before the 16th Feb. 1945, the day of Liberation for Corregidor. If you zoom in you can recognize all the well-known features of Topside in Fort Mills, The lighthouse, the water tanks, the Mile-Long Barracks etc.

Zd219

Zd219. Flickr 056. SWPA-Sig C-45-14767. 24th April 1945. SC263056. This is the Fort Mills Cine, theatre Topside on Corregidor Island, P.I. WE also see the east end of the so-called “Mile Long Barracks”. Photographer T/4 Harry Young.

Zd206

Zd206. 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 from NARA.

Zd215

Zd215. This is the description for the previous image.

Zd214

Zd214. 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 from NARA.

Zd213

Zd213. This is the description for the previous image.

Zd212

Zd212. 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 from NARA.