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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2012 10:08:21 GMT 8
Zone markings in Battery Way, Cartridge Room No. 2
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Post by fots2 on Mar 7, 2012 11:09:59 GMT 8
Hi zman, Yes, that was me you met on Corregidor three weeks ago. It was nice to meet you and I am glad that you had a good time. Thanks for the explanation of what a ‘Zone” is. I heard part what Glen said about the stenciled numbers on the ceiling at Battery Way. Note the attached photo from there. You can see holes where the lamps associated with each Zone were located. I’ll see you back on the Rock someday.
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Post by fots2 on Mar 7, 2012 11:11:05 GMT 8
I just saw your photos, thanks.
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Post by wwalker on Mar 21, 2012 9:54:26 GMT 8
I have an update on the above photo of Mr. Kearbey. I had mistakenly thought that since this photo was in a book of photos about the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor that the photo may have been taken after his liberation. I learned that the photo was taken when he was 15, about a year before he enlisted in the Army. He was in his boy scout uniform. This photo was sent by his mother to a group of POW families during the war. This group in New Mexico (that I believe also published the book this photo is in) was collecting photographs of all the men that were POW's in the Philippines from their families.
WW
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Post by fots2 on Mar 21, 2012 16:41:02 GMT 8
Thanks for adding the extra information Will.
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Post by fots2 on Aug 8, 2012 0:34:26 GMT 8
A couple posts up were discussing the definition of a mortar ‘ZONE’. I finally found a chart that shows us what this means. Simply, the distance from a mortar to its maximum range is divided up into Zones. To throw a heavy shell further and further from the mortar, more powder is required. The chart shows the distance limits (in Yards) for each Zone and the amount of powder (in Pounds) to shoot it there. The Zone photos zman and I posted were taken at Battery Way which was equipped with the older M1890 mortar. The quoted specs for this mortar differ from the table but the principle is the same. M1890 mortar, 700 lb shell, max. muzzle velocity of 1500 fps, max. range of 14,610 Yards = Zone 9.
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Post by okla on Aug 8, 2012 1:08:18 GMT 8
Hey Fots.....One thing is certain. Either model mortar packs enough punch to clear my sinus or unstop my toilet. No wonder the Japs over on the Point said they sounded like "locomotives" before impacting..
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Post by wwalker on Jan 10, 2013 2:22:22 GMT 8
Hello, I found this photograph awhile back and thought I would post it. This photograph was taken December 31, 1941 of Battery H 59th Coast Artillery drilling at Battery Geary. The first thing I noticed was that the men were wearing their actual helmets. This is one of the only photographs I have seen of artillerymen at a battery position during wartime on Corregidor. I sent this photo to Byron Kearbey about a month before he passed, and he remembered the photo being taken. According to him the photographer snapped lots of photographs of them, and took one of him and others loading one of the mortars. So it is very likely that there are more photo's like this one. Mr. Kearbey remembered that they never had to wear their jackets while drilling or firing the mortars, but that day they did and it made it quite hot for them. On that day they were using practice rounds, a "show and tell for the photographer", but after that day the practice rounds were put away for good. Enjoy. WW Attachments:
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Post by okla on Jan 10, 2013 3:39:06 GMT 8
Hey WW.....Thanks a bunch for posting this photo. I have never seen it. I wonder if it had ever been published in any magazine, i.e., Life, Look, Sat Eve Post, etc. ?
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Post by wwalker on Jan 10, 2013 4:23:32 GMT 8
Hey Okla, I'm not sure if it was ever published in any magazine, but I found it on the Getty Images database online. I have scrounged repeatedly on their website to find any more like it, and this was all I could come up with. Interestingly there were picturegrams that were put up in public places when WWII began and I found a photograph of one that I am putting in this post. On this picturegram the left two photo's I have seen before. The photo on the top right is undoubtedly one of a 12" mortar on Corregidor with the men wearing helmets. I think this photo in the picturegram was another of the photographs taken that day at Battery Geary. If only I could find where these photo's are located so I could get better copies. WW Attachments:
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