Post by Karl Welteke on Aug 10, 2020 2:40:31 GMT 8
Corregidor visit with Bill & Scott, 2006-01-20
The purpose was to show my friends Bill Loudermilk and Scott Simms, the famous island of Corregidor, the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. A relative of my wife went along also.
I made an album with 31 images, here is the URL:
philippine-sailor.net/2020/08/09/corregidor-visit-with-bill-scott-2006-01-20/
For this Forum presentation, I only chose these 12 images:
Zo918. In this picture are a distant relative, Bill (we go back to Viet Nam in 1966), the partner of Scott (hidden) and Scott (we go back to our 2004 retiree days in Pearl Harbor) and we are waiting for the Carmen Resort boat crew to get ready to take us to Corregidor.
Zo919. We are on Corregidor at the Japanese Garden of Peace. Mr. Ron Benadero is checking up on us; he is the senior representative of the Corregidor Foundation Inc. on the island. I consider him a friend.
Zo925. Battery Wheeler, Gun #2, in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay with a Filipino relative of my family.
Zo927. Battery Wheeler, the gun barrel of Gun #1 at the location of Gun #2, in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay with a Filipino relative of my family. During the war, I was told the Japanese occupiers had the American POWs move the gun barrel here, what a job, by hand!
Zo930a. Map of Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills, Head Quarter of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. I marked in all the relevant location of the image items in this album.
Zo936. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. This is a memorial page to 5 suicide boat units which were perhaps stationed on Corregidor and I count over 700 men who perished.
Zo937. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. This is an extra ordinary picture; it says it was found by a GI in the US. who recognized it and brought it to the attention of the authorities? It shows the area where the Japanese Garden of Peace is now; it was completely over grown then. Japan authorities interned the soldiers and made into a memorial. In my view a good thing to do and this was the right place to honor the dead.
Zo939. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. It always warms my heart to see WWII pictures when Filipinos enthusiastically welcome the American Liberators and jump right it the action and help in many ways.
Zo943. The 12 Inch gun, Battery Hearn with a friend/ friends, Topside on Corregidor most people visit this gun, it is kept clean and free of obstacles for the tourists.
Zo944 The YMCA at Middleside, the recreation center for the GIs, stationed in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island before the war.
Zo945. This was the location of the Philippine-American Friendship Memorial before it was moved to Topside, maybe between 2004 and 2005. This is part of the Stockade Level and around here were barracks for Philippine Scout Troops and NCOs before the war.
Zo947. The Sun Cruises Ferry is approaching the Corregidor Engineering Dock; it is bringing tourists. My friends and I came from Barrio Cabcaben on Bataan by a smaller boat.
The purpose was to show my friends Bill Loudermilk and Scott Simms, the famous island of Corregidor, the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. A relative of my wife went along also.
I made an album with 31 images, here is the URL:
philippine-sailor.net/2020/08/09/corregidor-visit-with-bill-scott-2006-01-20/
For this Forum presentation, I only chose these 12 images:
Zo918. In this picture are a distant relative, Bill (we go back to Viet Nam in 1966), the partner of Scott (hidden) and Scott (we go back to our 2004 retiree days in Pearl Harbor) and we are waiting for the Carmen Resort boat crew to get ready to take us to Corregidor.
Zo919. We are on Corregidor at the Japanese Garden of Peace. Mr. Ron Benadero is checking up on us; he is the senior representative of the Corregidor Foundation Inc. on the island. I consider him a friend.
Zo925. Battery Wheeler, Gun #2, in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay with a Filipino relative of my family.
Zo927. Battery Wheeler, the gun barrel of Gun #1 at the location of Gun #2, in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay with a Filipino relative of my family. During the war, I was told the Japanese occupiers had the American POWs move the gun barrel here, what a job, by hand!
Zo930a. Map of Corregidor Island, the former Fort Mills, Head Quarter of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. I marked in all the relevant location of the image items in this album.
Zo936. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. This is a memorial page to 5 suicide boat units which were perhaps stationed on Corregidor and I count over 700 men who perished.
Zo937. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. This is an extra ordinary picture; it says it was found by a GI in the US. who recognized it and brought it to the attention of the authorities? It shows the area where the Japanese Garden of Peace is now; it was completely over grown then. Japan authorities interned the soldiers and made into a memorial. In my view a good thing to do and this was the right place to honor the dead.
Zo939. One of only 7 images in the Pacific War Memorial Museum on Corregidor (there are many images), the former Fort Mills of the Manila and Subic Bays Harbor Defense, Coastal Artillery Command. It always warms my heart to see WWII pictures when Filipinos enthusiastically welcome the American Liberators and jump right it the action and help in many ways.
Zo943. The 12 Inch gun, Battery Hearn with a friend/ friends, Topside on Corregidor most people visit this gun, it is kept clean and free of obstacles for the tourists.
Zo944 The YMCA at Middleside, the recreation center for the GIs, stationed in Fort Mills on Corregidor Island before the war.
Zo945. This was the location of the Philippine-American Friendship Memorial before it was moved to Topside, maybe between 2004 and 2005. This is part of the Stockade Level and around here were barracks for Philippine Scout Troops and NCOs before the war.
Zo947. The Sun Cruises Ferry is approaching the Corregidor Engineering Dock; it is bringing tourists. My friends and I came from Barrio Cabcaben on Bataan by a smaller boat.