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Post by steveontherock on Dec 26, 2009 7:24:43 GMT 8
Battery Wheeler is missing one gun. There are some parts of it apparently above the wall. But where is the reat of this 50 ton gun?
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Post by batteryboy on Dec 26, 2009 7:49:00 GMT 8
Nope, all guns are still present at Battery Wheeler today, including the spare barrel. What is missing is the carriage of gun no. 1 The carriage was scrapped by the Japanese during their occupation of the island using POW as labor. What you see on top of the parapet are the remains of carriage parts. The barrel of Gun No 1 is now at the loading platform of Gun No. 2. You can still see the scratch marks on top of the parapet emplacement when the POWs dragged the barrel from emplacement No. 1 to No. 2.
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