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Zo707. A 2006 image of Battery Way at Middleside on the way to Topside on Corregidor Island, the ex-Fort Mills of the Manila Bay and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command.

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Zo706. The memorial to Col. Wild Bill Massello (Hero of Battery Way during the Corregidor Siege) at Fort Bliss, dedicated to the AAA warriors, although during the Corregidor Siege he and his Battery E (Erie) volunteer (60th AAA CAC) personnel served under the 59th CAC, Coastal Artillery. This image was provided by John Duresky.

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Zo705. The memorial to Col. Wild Bill Massello (Hero of Battery Way during the Corregidor Siege) at Fort Bliss, dedicated to the AAA warriors, although during the Corregidor Siege he and his Battery Erie volunteer (60th AAA CAC) personnel served under the 59th CAC, Coastal Artillery. This image was provided by John Duresky.

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-08. This is an excellent picture of the Olongapo Naval Station and the Naval Yard at right. When was it shot? Where is the floating Drydock Dewey? Was it shot after the Dewey was towed to Mariveles? A 2nd picture is the zoomed in area where the Oryoku Maru survivors had to shim to. Also it shows a boat landing slip, which is zoomed-in in a later image. Somewhere under the trees is also the Spanish Gate, the other important landmark, then and today, but it is hidden under the trees. The USS Rochester is still there before it was scuttled. It was used as the base power plant! This image was provided by John Duresky. This is a paragraph from this Wikipedia URL or click here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_York_(ACR-2)

Rochester departed Balboa on 25 February 1932 for service in the Pacific Fleet. She arrived Shanghai on 27 April, to join the fleet in the Yangtze River in June and remained there until steaming to Cavite, to decommission on 29 April 1933. She would remain moored at the Olongapo Shipyard at Subic Bay for the next eight years. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 October 1938, and she was scuttled on 24 December 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese.

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-12. The grave of WWII Army Lt Chester K Britt. This is the story of one man of millions and millions, who paid a heavy price in the struggle for freedom in WWII. This image was provided by John Duresky.

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-11. The Oryoku Mary burning and the picture shows the boat slip which is a good landmark. John sent this image for comparison. This image was provided by John Duresky.

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-10. The same picture as the last one, under the down pointing arrow, John believes, that could be an Oryoku Mary life boat. This image was provided by John Duresky.

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-09. This double picture shows: first, the zoomed in boat slip, and then a view of the Navy Yard Olongapo, in the north Direction. In the previous picture, John Duresky marked in, the directions of the sighting of these two pictures. This image was provided by John Duresky.

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-05. 1941 3 Sgt. Laurente on his reservation on Fort Wint view 1. This is one of two pictures from the Britt family collection. It seems that the spouse of Lt. Britt visited in 1941. The fort was manned by US Philippine Scouts and Philippine Army Coastal Defense Forces with US Officer in the leading position. In 1941 it was mainly used as a training facility. I like the picture because it shows a berthing facility of the time before the War. This image was provided by John Duresky.
Dave Britt, he wrote this to John Duresky, about how his father Lt Britt and Sgt Laurente may have interacted first at Fort Wint on Grande Island and then on Bataan:

“My guess is that the Filipino Sgt was a part of the force evacuated to Bataan to fight with the scouts. Since Mom knew him; he must have been associated with Dad in the training business, which is what they were doing on the Ft Wint post until the war began.
He may have been the First Sgt for the 92nd CAC Battalion, at least the Filipino element of the unit.

Remember, Dad fought with Filipino Scouts, except for a few American officers as battery commanders, the guys that manned the guns were all Scouts. Probably the 500 trainees from the classes at Ft Wint.

One of the hats Dad wore was HQ company commander, so he had responsibilities for post maintenance. Maybe the Sgt was his 1st Shirt for this unit, comprised of Filipino soldiers most likely.

I wonder if he (Sgt Laurente) survived the war?” – Dave Britt

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-04. 1941 3 Sgt. Laurente on his reservation on Fort Wint view 1. This is one of two pictures from the Britt family collection. It seems that the spouse of Lt. Britt visited in 1941. The fort was manned by US Philippine Scouts and Philippine Army Coastal Defense Forces with US Officer in the leading position. In 1941 it was mainly used as a training facility. I like the picture because it shows a berthing facility. This image was provided by John Duresky.