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Post by armyjunk on Jul 31, 2014 8:40:42 GMT 8
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Post by Karl Welteke on Oct 21, 2015 19:30:09 GMT 8
BATTERY GEARY IN 2005 W212 (B1) is a picture of Battery Geary, Fort Mills, on Corregidor Island which I visited in 2005-01-08. The tree was growing in the hole of the blown middle magazine and a sign was planted at the battery site. W213 (B2) is a picture of Battery Geary, Fort Mills, on Corregidor Island which I visited in 2005-01-08. This is the sign posted then, that tells the history of the battery. These two pictures are also uploaded to my Photobucket album; Corregidor by subject, Batteries-Coastal Artillery, Battery Geary, numbered as B1 and B2 and are bigger. s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Batteries-Coastal%20Artillery/Battery%20Geary?sort=9&page=1BATTERY GEARY URLs For your convenience Battery Geary Practice Fire: at Corregidor Forum corregidor.proboards.com/thread/247/battery-geary-practice-fireBattery Geary: forum from fots2, comprehensive, 6 pages already corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1012/battery-gearyBattery Geary-details: from Corregidor.org corregidor.org/ca/btty_geary/geary.htmAir Raid Shelter Collapse Jan. 06, 1942 Btry. Geary: forum fots2 corregidor.proboards.com/thread/993Photos of the 'missing' mortar of Battery Geary corregidor.proboards.com/thread/117/photos-missing-mortar-battery-gearyBattery Geary: Karl’s Photobucket album, very few pictures so far. s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Batteries-Coastal%20Artillery/Battery%20Geary?sort=9&page=1Battery Geary part 1, Air Raid Shelter, Corregidor Field Note, from John Moffitt (fots2) corregidor.org/fieldnotes/htm/fots2-110711-1.htm Battery Geary part 2, Vintage Images, Corregidor Field Note, from John Moffitt (fots2) corregidor.org/fieldnotes/htm/fots2-110711-2.htmBattery Geary part 3, The Battery Today, Corregidor Field Note, from John Moffitt (fots2) corregidor.org/fieldnotes/htm/fots2-110711-3.htm
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Post by beirutvet on Apr 3, 2017 0:15:35 GMT 8
Hey Fots
Hope all is well with you.
Something that I would appreciate some info on is the one M 1890 gun that is closest to the road (not having the live round in it). It appears in the photos that it may still be in its original position in pit A. Can you confirm this? My pics do not lend a hand at verification, I was wondering if yours do or if you have visually inspected it and found it in its original spot. There seems to be so much concrete and refuse all around it that I guess you would have to be standing right on top of it to be sure. What do you think?
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Post by piercebennett on Apr 3, 2017 3:30:22 GMT 8
I can't say for sure, but the mortar you are referring to doesn't seem to have moved much as a result of the explosion. I noticed one picture where the mortar and racer seem to be set inside the concrete where they belong, but that doesn't mean the concrete didn't shift. It seems odd that an explosion of that magnitude that moved other things such great distances left something so still.
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Post by robert2010 on Apr 4, 2017 1:23:08 GMT 8
Geary really shows the power of high explosives on concrete. I imagine many of the soldiers killed there were vaporized in the explosion. Another intesting site is at Battery Way. You can see where large chunk of concrete embedded in a tree. The tree has grown around it.
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Post by robert2010 on Apr 4, 2017 1:53:52 GMT 8
It's too bad the tree at the magazine site is gone. It was symbolic of the events there and, in my opinion, a living memorial to the men who perished there. The last time I visited the Rock was in Summer 2015. I stayed for a couple days and explored looking for the elusive artifact. I fantasize about finding an unexplored cave and finding a skeletal Japanese hand clutching a pristine Samuari sword. That would be so cool. You know it's there. My wife and I will return to the Philippines and I hope to visit the Rock again and explore. If ghosts do exist, then they'll be on the Rock.
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