Tag: Malinta Tunnel
Malinta Tunnel 2026, Visit by VFW Post 11447
LAS07 Malinta Tunnel 2026, VFW11447, the Philippine Flag is flying proudly in the Malinta Tunnel and is greeting our visit. ————————————————- The VFW Post Paul P. Busek 11447 visited Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills, on the 81st Anniversary of the Liberation of Corregidor on the 16th Feb 2026, the day of the Rock Force […]
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Malinta Hill Tunnel page 2, from John Moffitt.
Here is the original 1966 photo of the Malinta Tunnel North Entrance with a caption at the bottom. Zf930. The man in the center is indeed the correct age to have been a WWII veteran in 1966. A web search tells me that the Iowa Governor in 1966 was Harold E. Hughes and he was […]
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Malinta Hill Tunnel on Corregidor, page 1
Zf856. Gen. MacArthur returns to Corregidor, image from Peter DeForest Facebook page, photo from Carl Mydans of the LIFE Collection. This picture shows Gen. Mac Arthur at the North Entrance of the Malinta Hill Tunnel, probably on the 2nd of March 1945 when he visited Corregidor and ordered the colors hoisted on the Old Flag […]
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