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Post by victor on Oct 5, 2013 4:26:52 GMT 8
A parade review at Fort McKinley… most likely taken early 1941 but was a file photo used in a newspaper to accompany the news about the Philippines being attacked after Pearl Harbor. The soldiers were wearing OD wool shirts so it must have been during the “winter” months Dec- Feb time frame when they wore those instead of the cotton khakis. They still had Springfields 1903’s instead of the M1’s issued later that year. The top general it seemed was Gen. Grunert, commander of the Philippine Department, and not MacArthur.
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Post by dmether on Oct 6, 2013 15:04:30 GMT 8
This is also on McKinley, 1941
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Post by okla on Oct 6, 2013 20:25:07 GMT 8
Hey Dmether....Could the "punch bowl" being displayed with the Honor Guard be the same one that belonged to the 31st Infantry Regiment. Seems like I recall that it was packed away in some sort of protective material and buried on Corregidor prior to surrender in 1942. Clue me in if possible. If memory serves (recently, it seems to not be serving as in the past) the bowl was called the "Shanghai Bowl" or some such name. It was made of melted silver dollars or Chinese Yen,etc. Senility is starting to take its toll with me. Cheers.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2014 17:06:47 GMT 8
There's some scenes of a parade and review for Sen. Harry Hawes at Fort McKinley, 1931 in this film:
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