WWII Photos in the Philippines

[Karl Welteke]

Started this threat with the purpose of alerting visitors and members of picture links available in the www; here is the first example.

Mr. Federico Baldassarre who is the web master of the Battling Bastards of Bataan also has this Facebook page and contributes in other sites.



W98 Facebook Open Forum from Federico Baldassarre
www.facebook.com/groups/518964834896960/

I am not sure whether anyone can open a Facebook URL like this and keep in mind that this segment of 13th Air Force images will move down the page as he puts in more material. There are 8 images, I believe, and I particular like the one image that catches all of south Manila.

NOTE:
Sorry, well I have learned, you got to able to sign into Facebook, so this is not for everyone!

[Karl Welteke]

Fort San Felipe in Cavite images



Zf010. Fort San Felipe on Cavite from a US News Paper dated 3rd Jan. 1942. This picture was provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team

The people of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First is Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!





Zf011. Description on back of the previous image. Fort San Felipe on Cavite from a US News Paper dated 3rd Jan. 1942. This picture was provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team

philippine-sailor.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Zf010.jpg

The people of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First is Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!





Zf012. The Courier-Journal, Louisville KY News Paper, Section 2, Saturday Morning 3rd Jan. 1942. This picture was provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team

The people of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First is Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!

These 3 pictures are available in high resolution at this URL:

www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157715590015061

[Karl Welteke]

Philippines-Strategy of their Defense! Asiatic Fleet steaming past Corregidor!

These pictures are available in high resolution in this web page:

www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157715590015061



Zf013.-1941 12 31 -1941 8 10 ST LOUIS POST DISPATCH Fort Wint is on map. The Philippines-Strategy of their Defense! This picture was provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.

The members of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First is Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!



Zf014-1941 12 31 PITTSFIELD MA BERKSHIRE EAGLE Asiatic Fleet steaming past Corregidor. On the picture they wrongly labeled Caballo Island (Ft. Hughes) Corregidor Island; Corregidor is the left one! This picture was provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.

The members of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First is Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!



Zf015- Asiatic Fleet steaming past Corregidor. This picture was provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team. John Duresky wrote this when sending these pictures to me: “Trying to collect original wire-photos of some of the earliest shots used in papers at the start of the war. Original photo much better than what got printed here, can actually count the smokestacks now.

Incidentally, the description of the Asiatic fleet in the attached August 1941 paper had to be a real morale booster”.

John


The members of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First is Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!



Zf016- Asiatic Fleet steaming past Corregidor; this is the description on back of the previous picture and they got it wrong (Corregidor is the left one). This picture was provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team. John Duresky wrote this when sending these pictures to me: “Trying to collect original wire-photos of some of the earliest shots used in papers at the start of the war. Original photo much better than what got printed here, can actually count the smokestacks now.

Incidentally, the description of the Asiatic fleet in the attached August 1941 paper had to be a real morale booster”.

John


The members of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First is Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!

[Karl Welteke]

Map of the Operations against Manila, 1898



U819. Map of the Operations against Manila, 1898. This interesting map came from this URL and has the below description, you can down load in high resolution:

catalog.archives.gov/id/109182896

National Archives Identifier: 109182896
Local Identifier: 56
Creator(s): War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. War Department Map Collection. 1939-1942 (Most Recent)
War Department. General Staff. 8/15/1903-9/18/1947 (Predecessor)

[Karl Welteke]

Three high resolution images from the Defense of the Philippines: They are available in high resolution in this Flickr album, click here:


www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157715590015061


They were provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team.


The people of the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team are:

First are Dave Britt, LTC USAF (Ret), son of Chester K Britt, Vickie Graham CMSGT USAF (Ret), and John Duresky. They all graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967, and are doing it as a team. Chester Britt graduated from Logan in 1933 and his mother Grace in 1934. Dave wrote most of the manuscript, John editing what he wrote and doing most of the research, and Vickie is the final editor with about 20 years of professional writing in her resume, largely with Airman Magazine.

They are planning to write a book about Army Lt. Chester K. Britt soon!

Uploaded their intention to the forum, POW/MIA, Army Lt. Chester K. Britt, Hell Ship Oryoku Maru: click here:

corregidor.proboards.com/thread/2275/army-chester-britt-ship-oryoku





Zf139.-High resolution image of Filipinos destroying a bridge in 1942 during their retreat into Bataan in WWII. Picture is provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team. They bought it in the internet. They were told that the picture was somewhere in the 20 (or 10) volume collection of the "Pictorial History of Second World War".







Zf140.- High resolution image of the Fleet Waiting Room in the Olongapo Naval Station in the Philippines; view 1. This is a very unique image of the Olongapo U.S. Naval Port; it is pre-war but was published in a post war collection of the "Pictorial History of Second World War".
The bottom part of the picture shows Lt. Cmdr. Jack Morrill and part of the crew of USS Quail, escaping from the Manila Bay Harbor Defense Command by boat to Australia when General Wainwright was forced to surrender in 1942. Picture is provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team. They bought it in the internet. They were told that the picture was somewhere in the 20 (or 10) volume collection of the "Pictorial History of Second World War".






Zf141.-Cropped high resolution image of the Fleet Waiting Room in the Olongapo Naval Station in the Philippines; view 2. This is a very unique image of the Olongapo U.S. Naval Port; it is pre-war but was published in a post war collection of the "Pictorial History of Second World War".
Picture is provided by the Army Lt. Chester K. Britt Research Team. They bought it in the internet. They were told that the picture was somewhere in the 20 (or 10) volume collection of the "Pictorial History of Second World War".

[Karl Welteke]

Corregidor VIP visitors

Not only ordinary people visit Corregidor, VIPs also like to have a look at this famous place of history. I have come across a few pictures of VIP visits and like to share them.

This is only a start



Zf539. President Clinton apparently visited on the 17th Nov 1994 according to this picture, displayed in the Admin Building on Corregidor. I don’t know what the occasion was. I do know he was in the Philippines again in 1996 for the APEC Meeting in Subic Bay.



Zf540. Pres. Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, 1956 (Black & White picture); Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos and Pres. Kurt Waldheim of Austria, 1976 (color picture).
The above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page; it is this URL, click here.
www.facebook.com/groups/1594353690875491/posts/3009693662674813/



Zf541 The above Facebook entry also had these comments. The above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page; it is this URL, click here.
www.facebook.com/groups/1594353690875491/posts/3009693662674813/

Here are the two picture copies from the above Facebook enty:



Zf542. Pres. Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, 1956 (Black & White picture); the above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page, which is linked above.



Zf543 Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos and Pres. Kurt Waldheim of Austria, 1976 (color picture): the above picture is a screen shot of Richard Wilhelm Beltran Ragodon’s Facebook page, which is linked above.

[Karl Welteke]

A Very Special Local Historian Lady



Zf547. Lady Edna Binkowski at Battery Hearn in 1988

Edna Binkowski is an author, historian, a community activist in matters of history of the Philippines and WWII and has been a long time resident of Bataan. She is present at most history commemoration events on the Luzon Island.

She organized history tours and visits to places like Corregidor. She helped establish the Death March Markers and with local help established a memorial plaque at Limay, Bataan in remembrance of the Filipino Nurses that worked side by side with the American Nurses in Bataan and on Corregidor.



Zf548. Edna Binkowski brought a HIGH LEVEL GROUP to Corregidor the CFR (Committee Foreign Relations) with General Blaine, and some ambassadors of various countries. Also General David Blackledge of the Desert Storm came along.

Edna is the proud author of this book: Code Name: High Pockets: True Story of Claire Phillips, an American Mata Hari and the World War Two Resistance Movement in the Philippines