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Post by T2 on Jul 8, 2016 23:39:19 GMT 8
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Post by T2 on Jul 8, 2016 23:59:29 GMT 8
...so here we go this from Paul's "Amid Th' Encircling Gloom" Al and Spence are buddies from the USA that wanted some adventure and therefore joined the military, with Mom and Dads consent, love that part. They ended up in Corregidor THE place to be in the 20' & 30's Corregidor Idyllic! Soon after the arrival and getting settled, Mom wanted some pictures of them so they set about to find the photoshop on Middleside and completed the task. These photo's are the ONLY possession left from this time in 1941 as they were sent home to Al's mother. They carry one heck of a powerful meaning to me, the memories attached to those pictures are immeasurable. I encourage anyone reading this tid bit to get the book and read the entire story which is near page 66 of the book. The map shows building #9 as the Post Exchange and probably where the photo shop was on the second floor. I will stand there in February and play the tune Tattoo by trumpet! I read on...
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Post by okla on Jul 9, 2016 2:09:09 GMT 8
Hey T2....In all my many years of being a "Rock Geek", I can't recall ever seeing this, particular, aerial view of Corregidor. Thanks for posting. Cheers. Postscript....I am always intrigued, anytime I examine any shot of The Rock, taken from the air, at all the smaller structures that litter the Island. It took a lot of subsidiary infrastructure to maintain the Fortress. I tend to forget that there was more to Corregidor than the "Big Guns" and the "Mile Long Barracks".
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Post by beirutvet on Jul 9, 2016 4:48:46 GMT 8
Hey Willy
Paul is correct, post it all. You never know when you will catch someones eye with something you may think is trivial or has been covered before. We who inhabit here live in the world of the trivial, in fact we revel in it.
This is such a case. I had always thought that Mile Long Barracks and Middleside Barracks were of the same style of construction, just different sizes. It appears in this photo that the roof of Middleside is flat, not peaked as with MLB.
Can anyone confirm this with other photos or is it just an optical illusion on the photo that makes the roof look flat when it isn't?
Looking forward to answer/discussion.
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Post by okla on Jul 9, 2016 9:16:24 GMT 8
Hey BV....I can't confirm that the Middleside Barracks roof is flat, but I gotta agree with you that it ain't an optical illusion. . There could be a "sukoshi" bit of a peak for water drainage purposes, but I can't detect it in this photo. Thus you have my vote. This is one of those times that I wish I had my trusty USAF Photo Interpreter "Scopes" etc to examine this shot. On second thought, my Macular Digeneration condition would probably limit their use. This is one of those times that the "Golden Years" are proven to be not so "Golden".This seems to be happening quite a bit these days. I am a 1932 Model and am beginning to face that brutal fact. Cheers.
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Post by Karl Welteke on Jul 9, 2016 15:49:35 GMT 8
The Middleside Barracks had flat roofs! [/URL] V1 the flat roof of the Middleside Barracks Bldg #137 or the NW one; this was a 2006 Aug. 30th image.
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Post by fortman on Jul 9, 2016 15:54:11 GMT 8
Welcome T2! Every bit of info is valuable since it will be part of the jigsaw puzzle that we are all contributing to. Some parts of the puzzle are big, some small, but they all add up to give a better picture of this fascinating place.
Regards,
fortman
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Post by T2 on Jul 9, 2016 19:16:40 GMT 8
Thank you to each and everyone of you! All of your thoughts and comments inspire me to do more and be a better "historical hound dog" Paul was dead on with post it all! I tend to focus on the individual stories or small events, they some how tend to carry as powerful a memory as the main event. Another such incident is when Al McGrew was ordered to set up a machine gun nest to cover the road coming up from Bottomside. In the photo, this would be in the bottom left corner, in a small clearing to the left or Ramsey side of the dirt road. As the Japanese marched them down to Bottomside, Al glanced over to the right where it had been and thought "the gun had never fired a shot" Diagonally across Herring Field is the "J" shaped building facing the corner of the barracks where I believe the photoshop was located. Only a few months ago Al McGrew and his pal Spence Bever had pictures taken there, in such a different world yet so close in distance on the ground. This connection is riveting stuff for me! Al loved the sound of the bugle playing the tune Tattoo at the Mile Long Barracks in the morning, it was a fabulous sound and that is reason enough for me to play it again in February. A song carries a strong memory as well...I wonder if it has ever been played there since 1941??? More on the way...
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Post by beirutvet on Jul 9, 2016 20:49:33 GMT 8
Thank you, Karl
Once again you prove you ARE the man!
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Post by T2 on Aug 8, 2016 22:53:02 GMT 8
I have just finished "Amid th' Encircling Gloom"...what a fantastic read that was! Paul has captured this time in our history perfectly, from the innocence of the world in which they lived in the early forties to the horrific behavior of WW11. The story of Al McGrew and Spence Bever only spanned about 5 years but what an incredible journey they both had. I encourage everyone to read this book, it has completed my beloved Corregidor. I am so excited to get back there and step into these exact locations in history...to just sit quietly...pondering 1941...Thank you for writing this Paul, Al and Spence are smiling upon you!
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