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Post by batteryboy on Aug 18, 2008 22:36:05 GMT 8
I was going over my documentary films on the Philippines and here is one that involved two flags on Corregidor: Most of us know that the lowering of the US flag on the Fall of Corregidor is no more than a propaganda by the Japanese as the original US flag was burned by CA troops and a piece of it was snipped by Colonel Bunker and he even sew it on one of his garments. So below is the famous Japanese photo of the lowering of the US flag at the Topside flagpole: What the Japanese failed to show the public is how they raised their own flag on the pole: For some reason it does not "wave" right. They bungled this one... ;D FWIW,
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Post by The Phantom on Aug 19, 2008 4:18:05 GMT 8
Intriguing photo. Is that Cavite in the background? The road in the background, is it in front of the Officers Quarters, the road going to Battery Wheeler to the west? Funny how none of the Officers Quarters are showing up in the picture. There are some on both roads that join near the flag pole. One road goes past the Administration Building and down the hill south, past the swimming pool. The other road continues east towards the lighthouse.
Is the Flagpole in the same location today? It looks closer to the road in this photo.
The telephone poles at that time where made of iron and painted silver correct? Several showing in the picture, survived the bombing but not the scrappers....... One still exists on the island. It is near the Corregidor Administration Building near North Dock, still has it's top bars to hold wires, very rare sight. It towers up into the tree that hangs from, and crawls down the cliff face, also behind said building. Great photos...
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