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Post by dmether on Mar 28, 2014 18:01:00 GMT 8
"In a tiny village called Puertocillo, situated on the west end of the island, Hooper observed a mounted gun stationed at the foot of a flagpole in front of the house previously occupied by the Spanish governor. Not part of any battery or defensive position, it stood as a lone sentinel ready to defend its long-departed master. Hooper reported the existence of the gun to Admiral Dewey. A month later, the captain visited the tiny village again, and this time, found the cannon had been protected on the seaward side by an embankment of sand, faced with planks." It's in a park in Three Oaks, Michigan. "This cannon, captured in the Spanish-American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1,400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine. This was the largest contribution, per capita, of any community in the nation. "Three Oaks Against the World," a local paper proudly boasted. This park was dedicated October 17, 1899, by President William McKinley, and others. Presentation of the cannon took place on June 28, 1900. Guest of honor was Helen Miller Gould, called the Spanish-American War's "Florence Nightingale." Thousands of people were in attendance on each occasion."
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Post by okla on Mar 28, 2014 23:16:14 GMT 8
Hey dm....My Uncle Jess was a 20 year old crewman on one of those Battleships. He ended being a Navy "lifer", serving 20 years, ending his service on a Yangste Gunboat in the "China Navy" in the late 1920s. My mother, his sister, had a beautiful silk scarf, that he had bought for pennies in Shanghai. I wish I had found it in all her personal stuff when she passed on, but, alas, not to be. Thanks for posting this material. I hadn't thought about my Uncle, who I never knew, for eons. I still have a photo, displayed in my Den, of him clad in his USN "whites", proudly standing on the deck of one of his vessels
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Post by batteryboy on Mar 29, 2014 7:49:36 GMT 8
The men from the McCulloch seen destroying the 7.9-inch (8-inch) muzzle loading cannons in Corregidor was at Batteria Puerticillo (Battery Point)
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Post by dmether on Mar 29, 2014 12:54:22 GMT 8
Thanks, I've been trying to find the location of Puerticillo.
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Post by dmether on Mar 31, 2014 17:29:30 GMT 8
From what I've read, there were only 3 of those large cannon's on Corregidor. Dewey had 2 of them tossed onto the beach, that must be where this photo was taken. The 3rd one is the one he had shipped back to the States. Does anyone recognize where this photo was taken? Or what happened to the cannons?
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Post by chadhill on Mar 31, 2014 19:58:56 GMT 8
Great finds, dmether! I'd like to ask if anyone knows where Corregidor's tomb is. The old newspaper article you found is the first time I've heard of it.
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Post by dmether on Apr 1, 2014 15:11:01 GMT 8
Don't know about the tomb, I've never heard anything on it before. However, the cannon were there up to at least the 1930's when the picture was taken. My next trip I might try to find the location, maybe something remains.
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Post by dmether on Apr 1, 2014 15:17:51 GMT 8
I wonder if they mistook this tomb for the one on Corregidor. It kind of sort of looks like it. This one was by Fort Abad, although it doesn't exist anymore.
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