Post by beirutvet on Jul 20, 2014 0:36:49 GMT 8
Hello All
I was recently viewing stock footage of Japanese propaganda film and saw something I never saw before and have never seen mention of in the past. It showed the center section of Mile Long Barracks in May of 42, just after the surrender. It appears to be taken from the road in front of MLB and behind it is what looks like scaffolding and on top is two wooden shed like structures that resemble guard towers.
Has anyone seen these before? I do not know if they were hastily constructed by the Japanese or if they were American built. They are VERY exposed for being in the middle of such a bombed and shelled island like Corregidor and appear to be very flimsy in construction. as such, I have doubts that they are American built as I would think the Japanese could have easily spotted it and quickly razed it, but stranger things have been known to happen. The two "sheds" appear a good 20 feet above the roof of MLB and I am sure would have been easily spotted and targeted from Bataan. But why would the Japanese build them? The island had already been taken and the lighthouse, however damaged was still standing and would have provided a 360 degree ready made observation post. The west shed has a clear view to the north, west and south. The east shed is similarly constructed but the view from this shed is blocked by the west shed. The east shed also appears to have some kind of antenna attached to it. Possible communications tower? If it is, why not put it on the highest point on the island? Why not put that on the light house instead of in so exposed a position as that? It could have been easily destroyed by allied air attacks. The light house would have gotten less attention from aerial recon than a previously unknown new structure where none had been before. Japanese hubris, perhaps?
The structures can be viewed on the website criticalpast.com. Go to Corregidor, and it is the 5th video in entitled 'U.S. Gen Wainwright and officers at surrender conference as Japanese win the battle of Corregidor in World War II'. It is narrated in Japanese so I am not able to understand what is being said in the film clip which is only 1 minute and 10 seconds long. The structure appears right at the end of the clip. I would post it here, however, when it comes to technology, I am barely one level up from an Amish elder during a power failure.
Merely out of curiosity, any info, thoughts or swags would be appreciated
Thanks
P.S. Apologies ahead of time if this was discussed in a previous thread that I have yet to come across. This site is huge and am still having much fun exploring it.
I was recently viewing stock footage of Japanese propaganda film and saw something I never saw before and have never seen mention of in the past. It showed the center section of Mile Long Barracks in May of 42, just after the surrender. It appears to be taken from the road in front of MLB and behind it is what looks like scaffolding and on top is two wooden shed like structures that resemble guard towers.
Has anyone seen these before? I do not know if they were hastily constructed by the Japanese or if they were American built. They are VERY exposed for being in the middle of such a bombed and shelled island like Corregidor and appear to be very flimsy in construction. as such, I have doubts that they are American built as I would think the Japanese could have easily spotted it and quickly razed it, but stranger things have been known to happen. The two "sheds" appear a good 20 feet above the roof of MLB and I am sure would have been easily spotted and targeted from Bataan. But why would the Japanese build them? The island had already been taken and the lighthouse, however damaged was still standing and would have provided a 360 degree ready made observation post. The west shed has a clear view to the north, west and south. The east shed is similarly constructed but the view from this shed is blocked by the west shed. The east shed also appears to have some kind of antenna attached to it. Possible communications tower? If it is, why not put it on the highest point on the island? Why not put that on the light house instead of in so exposed a position as that? It could have been easily destroyed by allied air attacks. The light house would have gotten less attention from aerial recon than a previously unknown new structure where none had been before. Japanese hubris, perhaps?
The structures can be viewed on the website criticalpast.com. Go to Corregidor, and it is the 5th video in entitled 'U.S. Gen Wainwright and officers at surrender conference as Japanese win the battle of Corregidor in World War II'. It is narrated in Japanese so I am not able to understand what is being said in the film clip which is only 1 minute and 10 seconds long. The structure appears right at the end of the clip. I would post it here, however, when it comes to technology, I am barely one level up from an Amish elder during a power failure.
Merely out of curiosity, any info, thoughts or swags would be appreciated
Thanks
P.S. Apologies ahead of time if this was discussed in a previous thread that I have yet to come across. This site is huge and am still having much fun exploring it.