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Post by okla on Sept 11, 2012 6:49:11 GMT 8
Hey Patty....Thank you for wising me up. I am sure Chad has mentioned to you that these small details run me up the wall. Monumental things such as a Nuclear War, Martian Invaders, etc go unnoticed, but the nomenclature,etc of old .75 Artillery pieces fire up my over active imagination. Your photo brings everything to light and I can get a better nights' sleep. My Okasan thinks I am crazy. She may be on to something. Thanks again.
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Post by pdh54 on Sept 11, 2012 7:01:16 GMT 8
Thanks for the kind words Okla, but Armyjunk's picture shows one that had probably actually been used. Plus I don't know all the little details about these guns. Ha ha! I guess I have a lot more studying to do yet.
Patty
PS-- have you noticed....I am 'officially' a buff now! Yayyyyyyy! Now is when the 'disease' is in the incurable stage.
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Post by okla on Sept 11, 2012 10:15:26 GMT 8
Hey Patty.....I hadn't noticed the promotion, but it is well deserved. There is no turning back now. As Fots, so wisely says, you are terminal. We will all "go down together". Cheers.
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Post by oozlefinch on Sept 11, 2012 13:20:12 GMT 8
Fots - That is an incredible picture! There is no doubt where it is. As to the gun platform, it would appear that it is rather thick. If it wasn't thick enough for the 1.1", I'm sure it would have given them a good start.
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Post by fots2 on Sept 11, 2012 17:55:32 GMT 8
oozlefinch, I expect you are correct about the thickness of the gun platform. Thanks to Patty and armyjunk for the 75mm gun photos. Hey, armyjunk, that is quite a ‘back yard’ you have there! Here is another Japanese 1942 photo. Now we are looking eastward across a 75mm gun facing Corregidor’s tail.  |
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Post by oozlefinch on Sept 12, 2012 13:05:50 GMT 8
Fots - Both of those 75mm pictures are great. Besides pretty good looks at the guns, I really am intrigued by what's in the background of each picture: Bottomside and the docks in the 1st picture, and the roads and trails in the 2nd.
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Post by pdh54 on Sept 12, 2012 19:25:19 GMT 8
North Dock 2/16/1945  South Dock 2/16/1945  From Fred Hill Collection, Pierce library, Eastern Oregon University Three shelters are shown in the lower right of the photo. You have to blow up this portion to see the third, but I believe the shelter furthest to the right is the one closest to the pompom gun, magazine, Searchlight 8. The middle structure does look a little off kilter so might be the collapsed shelter. Patty |
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Post by Bob Hudson on Sept 13, 2012 7:43:43 GMT 8
Having been to Corregidor only once, I don't remember South Dock having the hockey stick appearance. Was the lower portion destroyed later in the war or is my memory faulty?
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Post by fots2 on Sept 13, 2012 8:32:41 GMT 8
Hello Bob,
Your memory and your observation skills are both sharp.
The South Dock was originally a hockey stick shape as shown in that photo but the end perpendicular piece was removed sometime post war. The dock is straight now.
Also, the Engineer Dock on the north side is different than it originally was. It was a hockey stick shape and is now a T shape. An extension was added but I do not know the dates of either modification.
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Post by pdh54 on Sept 13, 2012 8:40:16 GMT 8
Bob Here is another shot of the South Dock area. It is from the Fred Hill Collection, Pierce Library, Eastern Oregon Univ. It is labeled LST's landing 2/16/1945.  Patty |
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