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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 16:51:42 GMT 8
Dear All,
I am Patrick. i am fascinated learning about tunnels and all about our rich history. i would like to know more thus i will be spending my time reading all your post in the next few months. Kudos to Fots on the adventure in BGC, I dont think its still visible now since they consructed SM Aura. will read more. Thanks again.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2014 20:41:37 GMT 8
My name is Kathy Bower. I am the genealogist of my family. My grandmother's half brother was Jack (John) Utinsky. His wife wrote the book Miss U. Jack was a former Army Captain. He assisted in the building of the Malinta tunnel on Corregidor. When war broke out he was returned to active duty and saw action on the Bataan peninsula. From what I understand, he survived the "Death March" only to die of starvation in August of 1942. I am looking for any pictures of him or to hear from anyone who knew him.
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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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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 13:07:49 GMT 8
Hello everyone. I'm Mike Tecson from San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines. Thank you Mr. Paul Whitman for accepting my request to join here. My love for Military History started in 1994 when I was 8 years old while dad was watching the movie "The Longest Day". The movie is being shown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of D-Day that year. At a young age, my dad told me lots of wartime stories from his childhood. He was a 7 year old boy during the liberation. My love for Corregidor Island started in 2002 when we toured the island during our college field trip. It was only last year that I was able to return to The Rock and will return again in the near future.
I have several relatives who fought during the war. Col. Rodrigo "Rody" Tecson fought in Bataan and was able to escape during the Death March. He swam Manila Bay and reached the safety of Hagonoy, Bulacan later joining the guerilla movement.
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Post by beirutvet on Mar 14, 2015 8:23:25 GMT 8
Hi Mike
Yes, it is very easy for Corregidor to get into your blood, is it not? Every time I have been to the Philippines, I have visited The Rock.
I too have had a love of military history since I was also a young boy watching with my father the old Victory At Sea documentaries every Saturday afternoon, just like your dad being an influence on you.
My first visit there was at a much older age than you. It was during my first visit to the islands and was absolutely stunned to find that you can actually visit Corregidor and made it a point to go. BOY WAS I EVER GLAD I DID! Now, I could not imagine making a trip as far as the Philippines without paying my respects at Heroes Cemetery, Bataan and Corregidor each and every time.
Welcome to this site, you are going to love it here!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2015 21:47:12 GMT 8
Good Morning; I am new to this forum and would like to formally introduce myself- as I have recently published THE COLONELS WAY- Secret Diaries of a POW; the diaries of my grandfather[ Col. Arthur Lee Shreve] who was a Japanese POW for 4 years in the Philippines. I also have written the screenplay as he was an amazing man; WWI and WWII veteran, compassionate leader, remarkable survivor, incredible hero- with 14 medals coming out of that campaign alone. PLUS- the details of the Underground which he was part of w/ Col. Johnny Johnson...the MIS-X which has never been told. I have de-classified Army documents that confirm everything I know on the subject. He was retired when he was called back to duty in June 1941- Chief of Artillery under George Parker and Edward King... for more info. and the book- pls. visit my website : www.heather-shreve.com. I look forward to hearing more, learning more and sharing his tale and his military life of 44 years! Heather
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 13:44:38 GMT 8
Hello, My name is Thore Kibsgaard, son of Torvald A. Kibsgaard he served with the Transportation Corps from 1941-42. He signed on the "Henry Kesvick" in Manila as AB and ended up in Corregidor after this tug where sunked at the North Dock. After that he and another Norwegian sailor was sent onboard the USAT You Sang loading ammunition at Mariveles for Corregidor. This ship was also sunked and they managed to take a lifeboat and took off to Corregidor again. I was on the island of Corregidor with my father in 1985, later in 1996 I visited Mariveles since I had a 4 months job in Subic Bay at that time. I have made his story available on the web since my father passed away in March 2012. www.tkibsgaard.comSince there are some other old siscussions here at this forum regarding my fathers job on the Tug Henry Keswick, I can confirm that he signed on as an AB and not as a skipper even if he got the license. Thanks for leting me in here! Thore Kibsgaard
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Post by jackwoodhead on Mar 10, 2018 0:32:18 GMT 8
C O R R E G I D O R . O R G HEADQUARTERS, HERITAGE BATTALION
Subject: WELCOME TO OUR FORUM MEMBERS
1. Thanks for joining us. If you haven't joined yet, you will need to know this before you apply: - We have a strict membership requirement that members must be human beings (carbon-based life forms - as distinct from silicon-based life forms.) In order to prove that you are a human being, and not a replicant, I require that you disclose some details about yourself and area of interest in a short note which will appear on the Members Pending page.
During the Membership Pending Registration process, there will be a screen test requiring that you copy type a random message as well as a box that you must complete a REQUEST MESSAGE as part of the PENDING REGISTRATION procedure. Use this message to say something briefly about yourself, perhaps where you're from, and your area of interest. You must complete this message, because if you do not, your application will be rejected.
This information does not appear on a public page, and is not accessible to the general membership. Others have done it before you, so if you don't, I will no longer feel any pangs of regret that your application will be summarily rejected. Heck, if you can't follow Rule 1 on Page 1, Post No.1, what sort of member are you going to be?
This is not my caprice. It is intended to reduce spam bots, and unregistered "lurkers."
I have started to delete member-candidates who have registered with us, but who have not made a single post during their first year of membership. This has resulted in a cull of about 100 members. The board now provides stats of when you have last visited, so if you haven't made a post or even visited in a year, what sort of a candidate are you? Membership isn't free, it comes with an expectation that you will pay your dues by participating in one way or another.
2. There is advertising on the ProBoards site. Sorry, that's because ProBoards controls the hosting and bandwidth, and no one privately sponsors us. Put up with it. There is a 100MB hosting of images by ProBoards, but it's fully utilized, so if you want to include images with your posts, you'd better learn how to get yourself a private web host service.
We don't seek outside advertising on our main group websites, the world has enough distractions. When Corregidor Historic Society and the Heritage Bn were formed, I hoped that memberships would have been sufficient to maintain the site; it didn't, but we're still here, because of good friends, irregular individual donations, the occasional map sale, and because I pay the monthly shortfalls. Your donation helps ensure that we’ll be there on the internet the next time that you are. The average life of non-commercial internet sites is only eight months, and we’ve been going since 1999, the forum since 2006.
3. The website originally known as corregidor.org has grown. We are now:
corregidor.org battleofmanila.org concretebattleship.org 503prct.org rockforce.org and this bulletin board/forum. So we are in a state of constant modification (and improvement, I hope) and I am always trying to improve it, and to develop a community of people who are interested in these areas.
4. For that reason, I invite you to write a little introduction about yourself in a form that you can post here. Don't give away too much. Please avoid showing your entire e-mail address, because you don't want it harvested by the dreaded spam-bots. Instead of using "@" use some other character, like $,*, # etc.
5. We encourage communication between members – after all, we’re trying to establish an internet community. All we ask is that you are sparing with the “reply to all” e-mail command, because all of us need our e-mail in-boxes ready for those truly important messages about mail-order university degrees, share offers, time-share offers, Viagra substitutes, manhood enlargements etc.
6. We're interested in a very esoteric aspect of history, one which is not widely known. So there aren't many of us, and there are benefits in us getting known to each other. A number of us have formed little e-mail circles, but these take time - and it can be difficult for new members to get themselves introduced, known and on board. Hence this Board.
7. Membership of the forum is NOT membership of the Corregidor Historic Society. Don't think that by being on the board, you get the kudos that membership of the Society gives you.
Sincerely, PAUL WHITMAN(Version June 10, 2013)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2019 2:12:26 GMT 8
Hello, My name is Margaret Mayo. I'm a distant cousin to 2d Lt. Orman Lester Fitzhugh, survivor of Corregidor and Bataan, and was lost when the ill-fated Oryoku Maru was sunk in Subic Bay. His body was not recovered. I've only recently started my research into him primarily because I became aware of DPAA and their mission to bring our missing heroes home.
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Post by jeffweiss on Dec 13, 2020 2:04:30 GMT 8
Hello, My name is Jeffrey Weiss. My grandfather was Lt. JG Charles J. Weschler, USN (misidentified as 'JC Weschler' in some documents.) He was aboard an ill-fated PBY that ran aground on Lake Lanao in Central Mindinao after being evacuated from Corregidor. Operation "Gridiron" was the last airborne evacuation from Corregidor on April 29, 1942. The plane piloted by Thomas Pollack was eventually repaired and flew to Australia with a handful of passengers. CJ Weschler became a prisoner of war after a B-24 that was to be dispatched to Del Monte Field never arrived. He was imprisoned at DAPECOL until October 1944 when the Japanese began the process of moving all POWS to Japan and Korea. He spent time in Cabanatuan and Bilibid prisons before traveling on a series of Hell Ships bound for Japan. These unmarked prison ships were regularly attacked by US Air Forces seeking to destroy Japanese shipping. It was in one of these raids that Charles severely wounded. He died on January 19, 1945 aboard the Brazil Maru and was buried at sea.
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