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Post by okla on Nov 6, 2010 23:28:29 GMT 8
Hey Guys....It seems that the Japanese were really "into" these recreations for propaganda photos. As I underestand it, many (if not most) pix of surrendering allied troops are "staged". I have read statements of several American POWs who said they had been rounded up for "photo ops" by Nipponese propaganda/PR personnel days (or weeks) after the actual event. Makes the viewer wonder about what he is looking at. Cheers. Postscript...Battery, in the book, Wainwright, "Hero of Bataan" by Duane Shultz, he states that three enemy tanks pulled up to the east entrance of Malinta, abreast, with machine guns and cannon aimed directly down the length of the passage way. After discussions with American officers (SKinny was already on his way to meet Homma) foot soldiers began entering Malinta. Needless to say, everybody's nerves (both Japanese and Amer/Fil) were at "hair trigger", fearing some foolish movement or action would unleash a slaughter house. Fortunately, this didn't happen. What I am wondering, is where did the third tank come from if there was one stuck down on the beach. There are so many little "loose ends" during those final hours that we probably will never get completely ironed out. It is fun trying, though.
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Post by chadhill on Dec 12, 2011 3:56:20 GMT 8
Something about this photo, said to have been taken on Bataan, strikes me as "staged". Remember the photo with the Japanese soldiers at the short water tank on Corregidor (Water Tank, Denver Hill thread)? It was apparently staged. Any comments?
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Post by okla on Dec 12, 2011 6:13:04 GMT 8
Hey Chad...Again, I gotta agree that this photo is staged. I betcha that the tank has been disabled or "knocked out" previously and is being used as a "prop" for this photo shoot. Is that a knee or elbow in the bottom center of the pic. Is it a dead or wounded Japanese soldier or a Fil/American KIA??? I see the Japanese officer waving his samurai sword while the "grunt" is supposedly knocking out the Stuart whilst his buddy covers. I see no flame thrower in action here, so we are to assume that these soldiers are just checking their handiwork or have found this tank crippled and are finishing their task. Still has a "smell" of a staged photo op, methinks.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 7:26:34 GMT 8
Could this be the 1.1 inch pom-pom AAA gun that was taken out with Searchlight # 8 on Malinta Hill, on Hirohito's birthday, 4/29/42? The photo is in the Corregidor assault section of the book. ] That is definitely a US Navy 1.1" anti-aircraft gun and if the photo is legit, this is the only known picture of that gun mount that was once mounted atop Malinta Hill. I wonder what happened to the jury-rigged, Crosley car engine that provided the gun mount its power?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 7:29:13 GMT 8
By the way, thanks so much for sharing all of those great pre-war and post-war photos!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 7:33:01 GMT 8
Something about this photo, said to have been taken on Bataan, strikes me as "staged". Remember the photo with the Japanese soldiers at the short water tank on Corregidor (Water Tank, Denver Hill thread)? It was apparently staged. Any comments? Looks like the tank was hit with white phospherous, or some other highly volatile mixture.
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Post by batteryboy on Dec 13, 2011 7:45:21 GMT 8
The photo of the burning M-3 was staged. Look at the officer wielding the katana, he is not wearing his standard battle uniform. Someone told me that this photo was taken along Route 3, North Luzon. They used an abandoned and disabled tank for the propaganda shot. It was set afire.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 9:23:08 GMT 8
The photo of the burning M-3 was staged. Look at the officer wielding the katana, he is not wearing his standard battle uniform. Someone told me that this photo was taken along Route 3, North Luzon. They used an abandoned and disabled tank for the propaganda shot. It was set afire. I'm thinking a "Molotov Cocktail" was used, especially because of the way the flames are running down the tank's frontal armor plate.
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Post by batteryboy on Dec 13, 2011 14:34:01 GMT 8
Could this be the 1.1 inch pom-pom AAA gun that was taken out with Searchlight # 8 on Malinta Hill, on Hirohito's birthday, 4/29/42? The photo is in the Corregidor assault section of the book. ] That is definitely a US Navy 1.1" anti-aircraft gun and if the photo is legit, this is the only known picture of that gun mount that was once mounted atop Malinta Hill. I wonder what happened to the jury-rigged, Crosley car engine that provided the gun mount its power? The photo is legit. This came from the USS Houston and was transferred to Corregidor, mounted on top of Malinta Hill to take on Japanese aircraft flying in between the zones that the AA Machine Guns and the AA Guns cannot cover (in short, the mid altitude part). Its power was derived from the powerhouse at Search Light No. 8 at Malinta Hill. Cheers,
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2011 2:08:03 GMT 8
Stumbled across this photo....obviously a captured M3 Stuart, Luzon, early 1942. Jerry Phillips
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