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a new one, the others are full.

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Zg327. For large groups visiting Corregidor Island, at least for this one. It departed from the terminal ESPLANADE SEASIDE TERMINAL, SEASIDE BLVD., MALL OF ASIA COMPLEX. This is right beside Vikings Restaurant.

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Zg331. It seems some military visitors organized their own Corregidor visit (April 2023) and tight up their special crafts to the famous Lorcha Dock were Gen. MacArthur departed from in March 1942 with a heavy heart for Australia to organize his return to the Philippines and the defeat of Japan per repeated orders of President […]

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Zg330. The brand new dining, coffee and multipurpose hall at the Former MacArthur Café on Corregidor Island near the Gen. MacArthur stature was used for the lunch buffet.

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Zg329. At Topside on Corregidor Island, on the Parade Ground of the former Fort Mills the flags were flying.

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Zg328. The familiar Sun Cruises Corregidor Trolley’s are still available, CFI sold some but 3 to 4 Trolleys are still on the island.

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Zg321. One of the 12 Inch gun barrels is being installed at Battery Cheney in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Philippines. It looks like they are using hydraulic jacks. This is a picture from the Karl Schmidt Collection, CDSG. He just sent it now, the 17th of June 2023 and gave me permission […]

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Zg322. (-00a0. The pictures in this album were shot from the location, on top of that building, indicated on this Google Earth image. It is provided for your orientation.

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Zg321. (-00). A high-rise in Barrio Barretto, where did all the nipa huts go? Do today’s visitors have more money than we sailors did during our time here? This big new hotel is called Central Park Reef Resort. In that location the Marmont Hotel had built a 3 storey new hotel but never got permission […]

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Zg326. (-12). Well, we are sitting on the 3rd floor of this building and it is a bar, I forgot the name but it is right at the NW intersection corner of the National Highway and Del Pilar Street. The sun has set and we can see the “Cheap Charlie Bar” and the lights of […]

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Zg325. (-05). This is view of the National Highway running thru Barretto; we are looking in a SE direction, toward the former Naval Base. It has been widened in the last 3 years, the speed of the traffic has picked up. One got to be real careful crossing this highway now.