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Post by fortman on Jan 29, 2021 2:09:39 GMT 8
Hi Fots2 and Karl. Thanks for the info on searchlights. It will be great if Karl could download the 1921 map.
Regards,
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Jan 27, 2021 2:21:45 GMT 8
Karl,
One interesting observation from the map of Ft Wint is that no searchlight positions are shown. These were essential components of a coastal defense fortification so there surely must have been a number of searchlights. That makes me wonder if the structure of your first goal was not a searchlight shelter. It seems about the right size to me.
Regards
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Jan 25, 2021 2:37:41 GMT 8
Many thanks K-W!
Regards,
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Dec 22, 2020 3:44:57 GMT 8
I think that there may have been a third reason: MacArthur was evacuated from the Philippines from Corregidor in 1942 and, being a person with a strong sense of the dramatic, also wanted the symbolism of actually taking back the fort by force.
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Oct 6, 2020 3:41:15 GMT 8
Thanks again!
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Sept 26, 2020 4:34:31 GMT 8
More great stuff! Keep 'em coming.
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Sept 22, 2020 16:15:48 GMT 8
Karl, many thanks for the great photos.
Regards,
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Jun 9, 2020 3:29:18 GMT 8
Hi Roland,
Many thanks for the additional info on the 12inch vs 14inch guns issue for Ft. Mills.
Regards,
Fortman
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Post by fortman on May 13, 2020 3:46:55 GMT 8
Regarding USN aircrew picked up by Japanese ships at Midway: Two different crews were picked up, the pilot and gunner of an Enterprise dive bomber, and the pilot and gunner of a Yorktown torpedo plane. In both cases they were tortured and thrown into the sea. This occurred on two separate Japanese ships, so one can dismiss any idea of an isolated incident by a rogue Japanese captain. This was sheer barbarism.
Fortman
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Post by fortman on Apr 27, 2020 4:46:21 GMT 8
Hi Bev,
You will find a lot of info on this website. You can also try and obtain a copy of The Fall of the Philippines, by Louis Morton.
Regards,
Fortman
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