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Post by Karl Welteke on May 21, 2007 0:30:45 GMT 8
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2007 14:38:02 GMT 8
are there any pictures of battery koehler?
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Post by Karl Welteke on May 24, 2007 11:42:14 GMT 8
Sorry about that,drdemented!
The album '29 Jan 04' has a few shots of Battery Koehler; I had forgotten to label or discribe that album.
It is done now.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2007 23:09:17 GMT 8
thanks! it was little hard to make out some of the features of that battery with all of the vegetation around. but your explanation has to make some sense of it.
btw, i would like to compliment you on the excellent work you have done with all of the photographs of the fortified islands on these and other sites. i hope that you and perhaps some of the cdsg people can collaborate on a bigger project (a book, a film, etc). i can say that having returned from a 6 year stint as a medical student in the philippines, one of my "great frustrations" was only being able to see some of the places you have photographed by spying them through a pair of binoculars from corregidor (time and a students' budget prevented these things). your photographs have served to further fuel my "frustrations" (hehehe ;D)
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Post by okla on Jun 3, 2007 7:59:51 GMT 8
i have long known that fort frank was in close proximity to the cavite province shoreline, but until i viewed the excellent photos of the little outpost i didnt realize just how close carabao island was to the enemy. those brave guys must have slept, when sleep was possible, with one eye open knowing that the japanese were only a few hundred yards to the east. in the pics that enemy held jungle looked near enough to hit with a well aimed beer can. absolutely great views of a little known part of our armed forces history. i have always felt that forts hughes and frank havent gotten their just recognition as have their more famous brothers, corregidor and drum. keep up the great work. i check out the site at least once a week and am never disappointed with what i find. i am 75 years old and have always been intrigued with the bataan-corregidor saga, as i have stated on the forum in the past. again, thanks for your efforts in this area.
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Post by batteryboy on Sept 1, 2008 14:54:59 GMT 8
Fort Frank played a key role in counter battery fire against Japanese artillery position in Cavite but in return was aslo one of the favorite targets of the Japanese. Since batteries Crofton and Greer were facing seaward, the fort had to rely on the eight (8) 12-inch M1908 mortars and the the four (4) 155mm GPFs of Battery Frank North and a few 75mm field guns. to fire back at the Japanese. The Japanese sent 10 of their 240mm howitzers to Maragondon - Halag and Bo. Sapang areas and bombarded Forts Frank, Drum Hughes and Mills. Frank got a terrible beating but still they fired back.
When Bataan fell in April, the 240mm howitzers were then transferred to the peninsula to be used for Corregidor but Frank still got fire from Japanese 150mm guns, howitzer and few more smaller caliber guns, still the Mortars of Battery Koehler fired back together with the 155mms. Just before the surrender of Corregidor, on May 5, Battery Crofton's 14-inch gun repaired from spares from Battery Greer, fired against Japanese batteries in Bataan as a final act of defiance against the Japanese.
Will post a little more information and photos later on.
Cheers,
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Post by batteryboy on Sept 1, 2008 20:51:55 GMT 8
Here's a photo of Battery Koehler during the retaking in 1945  Cheers, |
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Post by Karl Welteke on Dec 5, 2008 9:49:31 GMT 8
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Post by darthdract on Nov 15, 2011 1:25:55 GMT 8
Isla Kalabaw? this is the small Island near Cavite right Wow nice Pics I want to go there hey do you have pics of Kabayo Island?
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Post by Karl Welteke on Mar 5, 2012 17:11:10 GMT 8
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