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Post by fots2 on May 16, 2011 14:09:23 GMT 8
Thanks batteryboy.
It is good to know what the terrain surrounding the battery looks like too. Add dead leaves plus a few branches or a fallen tree and you can see why this is hard to find. Very little is sticking up.
Not much for landmarks there so could you and armyjunk give me an idea where the bolts are located in relation to RJ-43 or the tunnel air vent?
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Post by okla on May 17, 2011 0:03:31 GMT 8
Hey Fots....How green with envy I am this morning. I just read your post saying "I will be back on Corregidor Wednesday". There ain't many "geeks" who can just "rare back" (as my Ozark Mountain Grandpappy would declare) and make that statement so matter of factly. I won't begrudge you having another enjoyable, productive trip to OUR "Rock". After all, I and other remotely located folks of the same "ilk" benefit from your labors (if you describe these ventures as "labors") Cheers.
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Post by fots2 on May 17, 2011 0:33:07 GMT 8
You got that right okla, it is a labor at times but I wouldn't have it any other way. I have at least three things to do this trip but probably won't go near RJ-43 until I get some more information. The area is a bit open due to scrubby trees so that means very hot at this time of the year. Add lots of razor sharp thorns and its not worth the little battle scars for now.
When I get around to it, a Fort Wint trip report will be coming your way.
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Post by The Phantom on May 17, 2011 7:05:03 GMT 8
Some of the most telling and historical pictures I've seen in some time fots, well done.
The documenting of individuals in the last hours of their desperate lives.
Based on the large number of bottles in Battery Sunsets small bunker, I would venture to guess more than one group, on more than one night, drank their last shot of courage in that location and marched into oblivion.
A few years ago a few of us were lucky enough to walk with Paul Turley (503rd veteran), on Corregidor as he described to us, rest his soul, from his fox hole on top of Battery Hearn, how over 200 Japanese marched up the road to Hearn, and were all cut down by machine gun and rifle fire. He said they were drunk.
( How did he find his fox hole after all these years? It was a bomb crater near the large air vent on top of Hearn, easy to find, he told of friends he lost in nearby foxholes and cried, we left him alone with his thoughts for a time.)
There are banzai sites all around Topside, how many have we found and documented now? 7 or 8? Some sites are in the jungle, one grouping of bottles is in an area with lots of large rocks, they must have sat on for their last drink. Most are in buildings or bunkers.
As fots mentioned one thing is common, the bottle tops are all broken off, no can openers handy, probably broke the bottle tops off with their gun barrels.
Also 2 possible locations on the tail. One of nothing but coke bottles, although there is a good chance that coke was not the last contents of the bottles.............
The 503rd found lots of sake and beer on the island and drank quite a few, water was hard to come by for the first few days, yeah that's the reason they drank it.............
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Post by fots2 on May 17, 2011 18:02:17 GMT 8
Yes it certainly is history Phantom and overlooked by most.
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Post by batteryboy on May 19, 2011 12:03:50 GMT 8
Fots, Location of Battery RJ-43 as requested: Forgive me for the drawing as its out of scale. At least you have an idea where its at. Cheers, B-Boy
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Post by fots2 on May 19, 2011 22:52:13 GMT 8
Thank-you very much batteryboy. I'll have a look for this either tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning.
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Post by Karl Welteke on Aug 10, 2018 8:42:17 GMT 8
Battery Sunset Magazine On my way to visit Searchlight No.2 on 7th July 2018, I stopped by the Battery Sunset Magazine and took some pictures and share these because these views are not presented yet: Zc504. This is the concrete walled entrance way to the Battery Sunset Magazine and is a 2006-March-05 image. Notice how unrestricted from vegetation this walled walkway was in 2006. Zc505. This is the concrete walled entrance way to the Battery Sunset Magazine and is a 2018-07-07 image, what a difference from 2006. If you look close enough there is a concrete recess or hole in the wall. In fact each side of this walled entrance way to the battery has one. Zc506. This is the concrete recess or hole in the wall from the last image (No. Zc505). This is a 2018-07-07 image. Zc507. This is the concrete recess or hole in the concrete walled entrance way to the Battery Sunset Magazine and is a 2006-March-06 image. This is the left wall if you walk into the magazine. Zc508. This is the same concrete recess or hole in the concrete walled entrance way to the Battery Sunset Magazine as in the last picture, No. Zc507 but is a 2018-07-07 image. This is the left wall if you walk into the magazine. In the Corregidor.org web pages is an excellent presentation about Battery Sunset from John Moffitt aka fots2: -Battery Sunset, Field Note from John Moffitt: corregidor.org/fieldnotes/htm/fots2-110514.htm
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Post by EXO on Aug 10, 2018 10:14:43 GMT 8
Once again, the images tell an undeniable story of how the neglect to maintain walking trails will reduce the ability to attract tourists who want to go beyond the "two hour tour."
Indeed, if the tour company is the one that uses the roads, profits by them, shouldn't they be the ones to pay for the road maintenance?
Who subsidises who in this merry go round?
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Post by Karl Welteke on Aug 11, 2018 12:30:56 GMT 8
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