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About 14 images were replaced in this URL because they were watermarked by Photobucket. Here are 4 sample pictures. Links in this URL were updated and an updated list of related links was added!
Zg673. Nov. the 15th 2009.This is how one enters Carabao Island, the ex Fort Frank, under the wall! This is a John Moffitt image.
Zg680. Karl is coming and going several times under the wall, to get all my gear under the wall in a relative dry condition, camera etc. This is a John Moffitt image.
Zg682. It is not easy to walk here, because of the slippery big rocks and I made the mistake to walk with slippers. They broke and slid up my legs and I lost footage. A boat crew member came to me to get my gear. I WAS NOT WORRIED, I KNOW HOW TO SWIM GOOD, I was a Navy Diver. This is a John Moffitt image.
Zg687. It is not easy to walk here, because of the slippery big rocks and I made the mistake to walk with slippers. They broke and slid up my legs and I lost footage. A boat crew member came to me to get my gear. This is a John Moffitt image.
URLs for Fort Frank, Carabao Island
-Fort Frank on Carabao Island under construction Karl’s Flickr Album
This album shows construction of Fort Frank on Carabao Island in Manila Bay. Fort Frank was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command. These images were given to me by Karl Schmidt from the Coastal Defense Study Group (CDSG.org) who got the images from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Thank you Karl and all members of the CDSG. The pictures were uploaded at a high resolution.
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157673964028162
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If you interested about the Fort Frank history, here is a short one Charles M. Bogart at Corregidor.org:
corregidor.org/chs_bogart/bogart2.htm
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-ex Fort Frank, Carabao Island, Karl’s thread in Corregidor Proboard.com, 7 pages now.
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/121/ex-fort-frank-carabao-island
-Carabao Island-Fort Frank-No Trespassing, EXO thread in Corregidor Proboard.com
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1618/carabao-island-fort-frank-trespassing
-Roster of Enlisted Men on Ft. Frank 1942, from Bob Hudson.
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1813/roster-enlisted-fort-frank-1942
-Trip to Points, the Tailend and ex Fort Frank from Karl in the Corregidor Proboard.com.
My Canadian Friend AJM and I met on Corregidor 14th Nov 2009 and we took 3 trips. We went to the points, the Tailend and ex Fort Frank. (KARL GOING UNDER THE WALL, VERY WET)
Here is the 1st of 3 installments with 50 images about going to Wheeler Point, Search Light Point and noticing a new land slide that affected Search Light # 2:
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/581/trips-points-ft-frank-tailend
Questions-getting to Forts Drum and Frank, forum thread:
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/294/question-forts-drum-frank
- This is a group of 10 albums of Ft. Frank from Karl via Photobucket.
Fort Frank is another unique fort in the defense of Manila Bay. It is hard to get there. All the guns and other metal have been removed by scrappers. And the scrappers are working hard to get at the rebar in the concrete. It is a most interesting place to visit. These Albums are from this ex fort, Carabao Island, I visited there 2004, 2006 and 2009 at least.
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/698227f9-0b3d-4c48-88c5-5210316b1856?field=TITLE&desc=asc
-Aerial Views from NARA via CDSG. On Karl’s Flick account:
Manila - Subic Bay Forts! These pictures were given to me by Karl Schmidt, a leader in the Coastal Defense Study Group (cdsg.org) who got these images from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This album contains aerial images of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Forts.
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157658661455655
-Fort Frank on Carabao Island under construction, forum thread from Karl
Construction of Fort Frank on Carabao Island in Manila Bay. Fort Frank was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command. These images were given to me by Karl Schmidt from the Coastal Defense Study Group (CDSG.org) who got the images from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Thank you Karl and all members of the CDSG
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1975/fort-frank-carabao-island-construction
Fort Frank, Carabao Island, 2012-02-16 with CDSG 37 pics
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/8f91c41b-4d8a-46ae-b515-b77edea640c0?field=TITLE&desc=asc
Most of my albums about the other than Ft. Mills Harbor Defense Islands and installations are in this group of albums: If it doesn't work, try copy and paste it into a browser!
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/e9cef160-42c3-47e0-acd1-9fceeeffacf9?field=TITLE&desc=asc
These groups of albums cover all the Harbor Defense Forts of Manila Bay including Fort Wint in Subic Bay. But I also included some Hawaiian Forts and areas of defense battles defending the backdoor to Manila Bay. That includes Mariveles WWII history and the Battle of Bataan and the Points. For good measure I also added Fort Santiago in Manila.
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/e9cef160-42c3-47e0-acd1-9fceeeffacf9?field=TITLE&desc=asc
Carabao Island, ex Fort Frank, Dec. 2023 and Jan. 2024
This was an exploration Trip on the 10th to 12th Dec 2023. I will establish several albums and put them here. And then we visited it on the 8th and 9th of Jan. (7 albums now).
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/3d68fb11-20cc-40d9-9620-701f5c855414?field=TITLE&desc=asc
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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW
Major John Perkowski
O-1688424, U.S. Army (Ret'd.)
As conducted by his Grandson,
John William Perkowski
He served on Fort Frank:
corregidor.org/chs_army/perkowski.htm
Start of correction notification:
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About 14 images were replaced in this URL because they were watermarked by Photobucket. Here are 4 sample pictures. Links in this URL were updated and an updated list of related links was added!
Zg673. Nov. the 15th 2009.This is how one enters Carabao Island, the ex Fort Frank, under the wall! This is a John Moffitt image.
Zg680. Karl is coming and going several times under the wall, to get all my gear under the wall in a relative dry condition, camera etc. This is a John Moffitt image.
Zg682. It is not easy to walk here, because of the slippery big rocks and I made the mistake to walk with slippers. They broke and slid up my legs and I lost footage. A boat crew member came to me to get my gear. I WAS NOT WORRIED, I KNOW HOW TO SWIM GOOD, I was a Navy Diver. This is a John Moffitt image.
Zg687. It is not easy to walk here, because of the slippery big rocks and I made the mistake to walk with slippers. They broke and slid up my legs and I lost footage. A boat crew member came to me to get my gear. This is a John Moffitt image.
URLs for Fort Frank, Carabao Island
-Fort Frank on Carabao Island under construction Karl’s Flickr Album
This album shows construction of Fort Frank on Carabao Island in Manila Bay. Fort Frank was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command. These images were given to me by Karl Schmidt from the Coastal Defense Study Group (CDSG.org) who got the images from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Thank you Karl and all members of the CDSG. The pictures were uploaded at a high resolution.
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157673964028162
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If you interested about the Fort Frank history, here is a short one Charles M. Bogart at Corregidor.org:
corregidor.org/chs_bogart/bogart2.htm
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-ex Fort Frank, Carabao Island, Karl’s thread in Corregidor Proboard.com, 7 pages now.
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/121/ex-fort-frank-carabao-island
-Carabao Island-Fort Frank-No Trespassing, EXO thread in Corregidor Proboard.com
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1618/carabao-island-fort-frank-trespassing
-Roster of Enlisted Men on Ft. Frank 1942, from Bob Hudson.
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1813/roster-enlisted-fort-frank-1942
-Trip to Points, the Tailend and ex Fort Frank from Karl in the Corregidor Proboard.com.
My Canadian Friend AJM and I met on Corregidor 14th Nov 2009 and we took 3 trips. We went to the points, the Tailend and ex Fort Frank. (KARL GOING UNDER THE WALL, VERY WET)
Here is the 1st of 3 installments with 50 images about going to Wheeler Point, Search Light Point and noticing a new land slide that affected Search Light # 2:
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/581/trips-points-ft-frank-tailend
Questions-getting to Forts Drum and Frank, forum thread:
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/294/question-forts-drum-frank
- This is a group of 10 albums of Ft. Frank from Karl via Photobucket.
Fort Frank is another unique fort in the defense of Manila Bay. It is hard to get there. All the guns and other metal have been removed by scrappers. And the scrappers are working hard to get at the rebar in the concrete. It is a most interesting place to visit. These Albums are from this ex fort, Carabao Island, I visited there 2004, 2006 and 2009 at least.
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/698227f9-0b3d-4c48-88c5-5210316b1856?field=TITLE&desc=asc
-Aerial Views from NARA via CDSG. On Karl’s Flick account:
Manila - Subic Bay Forts! These pictures were given to me by Karl Schmidt, a leader in the Coastal Defense Study Group (cdsg.org) who got these images from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This album contains aerial images of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Forts.
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157658661455655
-Fort Frank on Carabao Island under construction, forum thread from Karl
Construction of Fort Frank on Carabao Island in Manila Bay. Fort Frank was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command. These images were given to me by Karl Schmidt from the Coastal Defense Study Group (CDSG.org) who got the images from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Thank you Karl and all members of the CDSG
corregidor.proboards.com/thread/1975/fort-frank-carabao-island-construction
Fort Frank, Carabao Island, 2012-02-16 with CDSG 37 pics
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/8f91c41b-4d8a-46ae-b515-b77edea640c0?field=TITLE&desc=asc
Most of my albums about the other than Ft. Mills Harbor Defense Islands and installations are in this group of albums: If it doesn't work, try copy and paste it into a browser!
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/e9cef160-42c3-47e0-acd1-9fceeeffacf9?field=TITLE&desc=asc
These groups of albums cover all the Harbor Defense Forts of Manila Bay including Fort Wint in Subic Bay. But I also included some Hawaiian Forts and areas of defense battles defending the backdoor to Manila Bay. That includes Mariveles WWII history and the Battle of Bataan and the Points. For good measure I also added Fort Santiago in Manila.
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/e9cef160-42c3-47e0-acd1-9fceeeffacf9?field=TITLE&desc=asc
Carabao Island, ex Fort Frank, Dec. 2023 and Jan. 2024
This was an exploration Trip on the 10th to 12th Dec 2023. I will establish several albums and put them here. And then we visited it on the 8th and 9th of Jan. (7 albums now).
app.photobucket.com/u/PI-Sailor/a/3d68fb11-20cc-40d9-9620-701f5c855414?field=TITLE&desc=asc
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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW
Major John Perkowski
O-1688424, U.S. Army (Ret'd.)
As conducted by his Grandson,
John William Perkowski
He served on Fort Frank:
corregidor.org/chs_army/perkowski.htm