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Post by dmether on Jan 16, 2015 17:24:27 GMT 8
I do believe I blew off the Australian contribution to the Liberation of the Philippines in a different internet site. Paul Whitman took exception to this, and rightly so. So I did some looking into the role of the Australians into the liberation of the Philippines and came upon the case of Major Rex Blow. Major Rex Blow. An Australian who, along with seven other Aussies, escaped from a prison camp on Borneo and made their way to the Philippines where they joined the guerrilla forces. In April 1945 he went back to Australia where he volunteered to return to Borneo to break out the POW's who were left behind. Unfortunately he arrived a few days too late and 2500 Australian and British POW's were marched into the jungle where all but 40 were executed. Of the survivors, 28 emerged from the jungle only to be slaughtered by the Japanese a week after WWII ended
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Post by dmether on Dec 7, 2014 9:44:46 GMT 8
Za391. Ft. Mills Air Service 1921, 92nd Garage on Corregidor-later This picture was posted in the forum by dmether 2014, Dec. 7th at this URL: corregidor.proboards.com/thread/244/early-aviation-manila-corregidorHe said: “Looks like a dead balloon on the beach”. 2017-11-25. Note from Karl: This picture was blocked by Photobucket because they changed their terms. It is now reposted as of this date from another server!
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Post by dmether on Dec 2, 2014 17:28:10 GMT 8
Za389. Ft. Mills, Corregidor Balloon Hangar #2, 1921 This picture was posted in the forum by dmether 2014, Dec. 2nd at this URL: corregidor.proboards.com/thread/244/early-aviation-manila-corregidor2017-11-25. Note from Karl: This picture was blocked by Photobucket because they changed their terms. It is now reposted as of this date from another server! Dmether said: Another early image.
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Post by dmether on Dec 1, 2014 19:59:00 GMT 8
September 1947, AGRS clearing the 92nd Garage Area so they could look for remains.
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Post by dmether on Oct 2, 2014 19:07:53 GMT 8
An update to a early part of this thread, this is a 23 October 1947 picture of AGRS searching for remains at the tennis court on Subic Bay.
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Post by dmether on Sept 29, 2014 11:27:40 GMT 8
Col. Murphy, who was in charge of AGRS Philippines, looks at unburied remains on Corregidor. The bulldozer in use on Corregidor.
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Post by dmether on Sept 28, 2014 19:22:32 GMT 8
The final area search for Corregidor, Fort Mills, Fort Hughes, Fort Frank and Fort Drum went from 14 Aug 1947 to 28 Feb 1948. The remains recovered during this time were all from the 1941/42 fighting as all the 1945 casualties were recovered soon after the battles to retake the islands. Of those recovered, 48 were in individual graves, most likely the foxholes that they died in. A big hindrance to locating remains was the island had become overgrown. When the recover operation began, the team consisted of 3 US officers, 1 US enlisted man, and 5 Philippine Scouts who were to complete the task in 1 month. In September 100 additional Philippine Scouts were requested and 29 obtained. A bulldozer was also requested and finally sent as well. A T/3 Maximino Ramos, who was born on Corregidor and served as a mess boy with Battery M, 68th Coast Artillery when Corregidor fell. He was on a detail to pick up the American dead after the fall and helped locate the graves after the war. T/5 Esteban Foronda was with Battery G, 91st CAC, also survived the war and helped locate the dead. An example of an Unknown is X-3741, buried in Manila as X-59 Plot C, Row 5, Grave 59. He was 1 of 8 Unknowns recovered during the final search of the island. He stood 5’ 7” tall, had a bullet that traveled through his right femur to his left tibia. Was found with a pair of issued shoes size 9-D, and had a Colt .45 holster. He was found with: Charles S. Gage Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces 727th Ordnance Company, Aviation Entered the Service From: Iowa Service #: 0-397799 Date of Death: May 06, 1942 Buried: Plot C Row 3 Grave 69 Search near a water tower. Beach, prior to recovery of remains.
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Post by dmether on Sept 1, 2014 18:44:23 GMT 8
Can we dive on the site?
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Post by dmether on Aug 29, 2014 18:23:09 GMT 8
By the way, if I ran this site I'd kick your ass off of it!
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Post by dmether on Aug 29, 2014 17:56:38 GMT 8
John, you have made yourself below contempt. Lets end this discussion as I will never communicate with you again.
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