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Post by buster on Aug 5, 2009 8:32:42 GMT 8
Thanks for the post, ArmyJunk, little 'treasures' like that sure are appreciated.
Yeah, damage from a lightning strike is pretty much unavoidable unless you uplug everything. Even the best of surge protectors can get overwhelmed in a heavy lightning strike.
Perhaps even a snap from a digital camera could help Mapmaster and Fots in the discovery of the answers to what remains a serious mystery for us all. Their efforts and the investments which have gone into their project are huge.
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Post by buster on Aug 4, 2009 21:20:07 GMT 8
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Post by buster on Jul 23, 2009 18:33:47 GMT 8
Welcome on Board, Rick.
If things get quiet, a few of us will post something to stir the pot. I hope you'll find plenty to interest you here, we're an esoteric bunch.
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Post by buster on Jul 23, 2009 18:00:06 GMT 8
Bob McGetchin was a long time friend of Al McGrew, and Danny Howell - and spent much time on Corregidor. He also knew Don Abbott well.
Bob, however, wasn't an authority on tunnels - though he measured RJ-43, he wanted it named the Danny Howell Tunnel. Much of what he recorded was due, I suspect, to the years that Danny Howell spent on the island. Danny is the authority. Finding him is the key.
McGetchin did have the advantage over all of us, which was access to the tunnels at a time in which they weren't as collapsed as they are now.
Don Abbott was an indefatiguable tunnel rat, and managed to do in his retirement what E Company was unable to do during his war - make it to Btry Monja.
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Post by buster on Jul 23, 2009 17:51:03 GMT 8
from my list of snippets concerning Corregidor: We went over to Corregidor and made quite a study of it . We went into some of the old fortress and the tunnel . When we entered we still found some food and medical supplies and ammunition . Off the north dock of Corregidor was the spot where all the silver from the Philippines rank had been dumped ; this was a lot of money . Commodore Sullivan and his salvage people were salvaging that silver . I remember when I took over from my predecessor he had a box of silver on his desk . I said, "What are all those pieces of silver?" He said, "Take a handful . This is some that we dug up from Manila Bay ." Of course, it wasn't his to give away . We found very loose handling of finances . For instance, I hate to say it, but our Finance Officer shot himself after a while over there . He exercised no control over what he was doing -- no security, no guards -- and I guess he found himself in a bad way after the Inspector General got after him . One interesting note, since we mentioned money . We found that inside the Philippine banks, the records, funds, and whatever else was in them had never been disturbed by the Japanese . Isn't that amazing? It is absolutely amazing . They are ruthless on the battlefield -- there is no question about that -- but maybe we are too much the other way . Dr. Paul K. Walker of the Historical Division, Office of the Chief of Engineers prepared the interview for publication. The interview was by Col. Calvin J. Landau, 1971.
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Post by buster on Jul 16, 2009 10:12:05 GMT 8
Gees guys, what makes you think it wasn't used? It was widely used. On the ground, it was used by the demolition sections - a "bomb" consisted of a five gallon watercan filled with gasoline and napalm with six to eight WP grenades and two blocks of TNT taped to the sides of each can. In the air, E. G. Anderson, of the 34th Infantry Regiment, mentions in particular "one little nineteen year old pilot would come in and drop napalm bombs in front of the tunnel door. He'd come in so low, doing a couple of victory rolls on the way out.." ( corregidor.org/rock_force/taromen/anderson.html) It was dropped not just by P-47's, but by transport aircraft. The latter used it in 50 gallon drums - so the occasional rusty drum you see around Corregidor may have gotten there " par avion". Col. Jones mentions it at Page 4 of his Commander's Report at: corregidor.org/Bless%20'em%20All/Reports/Corregidor/Commanding%20Officer's%20Historical%20Report_01.html Have a look at the Easy Co's Journal entry of 19 February 1945: corregidor.org/Bless%20'em%20All/2d%20Bn%20HQ%20Co%20Journal/2d%20Bn%20E%20Co%20503%20PRCT%20Journal%2001.html Even Weldon Hester ( "Red Cross") mentions it, in the context of the pre-drop bombardment: corregidor.org/503_red_cross/hester.htm
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Post by buster on Jul 7, 2009 16:56:28 GMT 8
It is impossible that your friend's father was directly repatriated from Corregidor. No US prisoners from the work details remaining on that island as of 16 February 1945 were found - not even their bodies.
It it likely that those few prisoners on the island, all of them, were executed in accordance with the standing orders of the Japanese, which were to ensure that no prisoners were to be left alive in the event of their likely liberation.
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Post by buster on Jul 7, 2009 16:42:00 GMT 8
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Better make reservations though, as Sun Cruises are clearly trying to pack the boat. Those without reservations may be left waiting on the wharf.
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Post by buster on Jul 6, 2009 22:38:04 GMT 8
and?
(a) he/she died? (b) he/she didn't die? (c) he/she acting like an idiot? (d) he/she were being very sensible at the time?
Was he/she warned that the monkeys on Corregidor ARE NOT TAME?
To your knowledge, are tourists warned?
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Post by buster on Jun 30, 2009 12:57:34 GMT 8
One of the things that Bill Calhoun and exo have been doing is trying to list those members of the Test Platoon who ultimately ended up in the 503d PIR. The men who have been listed are in bold.
If any others come to mind, please don't hesitiate to contact us via this board.
Private First Class Specialist 4th Class Tyerus F. Adams Second Lieutenant James A. Bassett Private John E. Brown Private Leo C. Brown Private First Class Willie F. Brown Private First Class Floy Burkhalter Private First Class Specialist 6th Class Donald L. Coles Private Jules Corbin Private First Class Louis D. Davis Private Ernest L. Dilburn Private First Class Edgar F. Dodd Private Joseph E. Doucet Private First Class Aubrey Eberhardt Private First Class Johnnie A. Ellis Private First Class Mitchel Guibeau Sergeant John M. Haley Private First Class Specialist 6th Class George W. Ivy Sergeant Benedicy F. Jacquay Private Frank Kassell, Jr. Private First Class Specialist 6th Class Richard J. Kelly Private Sydney C. Kerksis Private William N. King Private First Class Specialist 6th Class John M. Kitchens Private First Class Edward Martin Sergeant Loyd McCullough Private First Class Lester C. McLaney Private John O. Modisett Private First Class Tullis Nolin Private First Class Joseph L. Peters Sergeant Lemuel Pitts Private Specialist 6th Class Robert H. Poudert Private First Class Specialist 4th Class John F. Pursley, Jr. Private First Class Benjamin Reese Sergeant Grady A. Roberts Private Specialist 6th Class Albert P. Robinson Private First Class Specialist 6th Class Alsie L. Rutland First Lieutenant William T. Ryder Private Thad P. Setman Private Robert E. Sheperd Private First Class Louie O. Skipper Private First Class Raymond G. Smith Private Arthur W. Swilley Private Hugh A. Tracy Private Specialist 6th Class Steve Voils, Jr. Sergeant Hobert B. Wade Private First Class Specialist 4th Class John A. Ward Private First Class Thurman L. Weeks Private First Class Specialist 6th Class Obie C. Wilson
We're getting a bunch of lists here, I will need to put an audit of theem on my TO DO list.
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