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Post by wwalker on Jul 24, 2012 10:33:59 GMT 8
Hello, I came across this photograph that appeared in some 1943 newspapers. Probably taken from a Japanese news reel. I've never seen this one before. That tunnel in the background looks to be smaller than the entrances to Malinta, or am I wrong? Any ideas? WW Attachments:
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Post by sherwino on Jul 24, 2012 10:47:21 GMT 8
There's a rail that comes out of it.
Since they are coming out of a hiding place, why is it that their hands are not up in the air nor on their head?
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Post by fots2 on Jul 24, 2012 10:52:22 GMT 8
Hi Will, I believe this photo is showing the tunnel on Fort Hughes, Caballo Island.  |
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Post by wwalker on Jul 25, 2012 0:00:23 GMT 8
Looks like a match Fots. So this was probably taken on Ft. Hughes after the Japanese arrived there. It makes sense, as you can see the photograph has several sailors in it. From what I understand several of the batteries on Hughes were manned by sailors. I've never seen a surrender photo from any of the other fortified islands before. So I guess I should've entered the subject of this post "Fort Hughes Surrender Photo".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2012 8:10:49 GMT 8
looks like a perfect match. wonder what is being carried in the front of the photo?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2014 9:50:34 GMT 8
looks like a perfect match. wonder what is being carried in the front of the photo? If I were to guess, those three guys in front are pushing a railroad cart on the rails, perhaps with wounded? This is quite a strange photo, various strange helmets (is that a German/Chinese helmet on the tall individual?) and sailors and civies. I wonder if it is not a work detail after the surrender, clearing out supplies from the tunnels. |
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Post by batteryboy on Apr 7, 2014 16:54:12 GMT 8
At Hughes, rail incline going to Battery Craighail's mortar pits. Throwback Thursday photo:   |
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Post by fortman on Jun 1, 2014 15:59:56 GMT 8
Quite a motley group people in the Ft Hughes surrender photo. What is interesting is that two of the POWs have what appear to be towels over their shoulders. In a well-known photo of POWs on Corregidor they also have these towels. I guess if you had to keep something it may as well have been a towel!
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Post by Karl Welteke on Jul 26, 2015 17:17:00 GMT 8
THIS IS A REAL CORREGIDOR SURRENDER IMAGE. Just stumbled across this thread again and remembered that I recently received a “Real Corregidor Surrender Image”. So I thought, I might as well place it in the correct thread. This picture came from the Coastal Defense Study Group member and leader Karl Schmidt. And I am sure most of the CDSG treasures came from NARA.  X798 (47) this is a 1942 image and my CDSG friends had it in the Corregidor 1962 images folder, so I just added it for heck of it! The picture description says that US POWs are marched to the 92nd Garage area.  X799 (47a) is the official photo description of the previous photo No. 47. The photographer got it wrong, calling it the 92nd Range. It is called the 92nd Garage! A bigger copy is here, picture numbers 47 and 47 a; they are the last two images in this album: s74.photobucket.com/user/PI-Sailor/library/Corregidor%20by%20subject/Historical%20Corregidor/Corregidor%201962%20Images?sort=9&page=1or tinyurl.com/mbhhau3 |
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