Tag: Battery Jewell
Grande Island, ex Ft. Wint 2024 Visit
#23 shows us two musketeers, I got my ARMY shirt on for celebrating the history of Fort Wint here on Grande Island. Randy is going to get some image shots for the authors of the book: Relentless Hope: A True Story of War and Survival, by David L. Britt. —————————————————- My friend Randy Anderson, a […]
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Grande Island, ex Fort Wint, Update Visit 2021-01-22
Zd856. Number 2 Gun of Battery Hall. The present management of the Grande Island Resort appears to have even less resources to keep the Coastal Defense Gun Batteries of the former Fort Wint presentable and accessible. ———————————————- After being absent from the Philippines for 15 months, I had the desire to visit the island again. […]
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WWII, Philippines, from CDSG Friends, #01
– Zd102. Flickr 001. SC 118548 Men of Battery “E” 91st C.A. loading 10 Inch shells, this image was received from the Phil. Dept. 11 Jan. 1941. This must be Battery Grubbs, and Philippine Scouts in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. Another 10 Inch battery was in Fort Wint, on Grande Island […]
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