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Post by piercebennett on Feb 2, 2015 8:17:48 GMT 8
Fots, This information is a lot of help to me; It's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! I've been to Hanna before, but I only saw one position. I noticed on the map that the only two positions in the area had two elements to them, so I figured one of the positions fell off to the beach below. The view from position one is nice, but on one trip when I swam out to Conchita, I looked up to where Battery Hanna was from the beach and noticed it was a little more precarious than I thought it was when I was standing on it. If I remember correctly, the position is sort of hanging of the cliff. I probably won't be spending a lot of time on the gun tub next time. Have you ever looked for the second position on the beach? You mentioned that some older positions were used for newer batteries. Did they just emplace different guns on the older positions? Also, Okla is right "Mister Pierce" is another one of your many followers. Thanks again for your help. I'm sure I'll have many more questions in the future- hopefully they will be more straightforward.
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Post by piercebennett on Jan 30, 2015 12:08:01 GMT 8
I have a couple questions regarding where a few batteries, or mounts are located. I read about a Battery Concepcion and know that it is near the Barrio Concepcion, but can someone give me a more specific location? I have the same question about Battery Ordnance Point. I heard about a lot of batteries I hadn't ever heard of on this page corregidor.org/chs_battery1/battery1.htm but have no idea where they are. I plan to go back to Corregidor in the future and would like to know where to find these emplacements. I am also curious about batteries Hanna, Martin, and Kysor. I know where these mounts are, but there are a few gun emplacements in the general area on the 1936 map. Are there specific mounts that correspond to these batteries, or does the name include several guns in the area?
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Post by piercebennett on Jan 26, 2015 12:52:33 GMT 8
My name is Pierce Larson. My great uncle was in the Bataan Death March and was taken to Japan. He was later liberated and returned to the United States. I don't know a lot of his story, as he died before I was born. I personally have been to Corregidor a number of times and enjoyed my stays there immensely. I really appreciate the wealth of information on this forum and all the hard work people put into this whether it's photos from adventures on the island, historical text, or SWAGS. I hope to return to Corregidor someday and this site has been extremely useful for finding out what sorts of things are hidden behind the dense jungle and what purpose they served. I have been viewing this site for a while and finally decided that I should actually join! It's great to find a community of people who actually care about this sort of thing.
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