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Post by wwalker on Mar 15, 2012 1:24:23 GMT 8
Thanks for the info Fots. I wasn't sure if it was the same or not, I don't really know alot about these different tunnels on Corregidor, and am trying to piece all of this together with what I've heard from actual accounts from the war days.
Regards,
Will
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Post by fots2 on Mar 15, 2012 18:00:46 GMT 8
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Post by fots2 on Mar 15, 2012 18:02:09 GMT 8
Armyjunk just posted a 1921 blueprint of the James Ravine Bombproof Infantry Quarters. To make this trip report complete, I will copy it here also. Thanks armyjunk.  |
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Post by okla on Mar 15, 2012 21:21:35 GMT 8
Hey Fots....Great stuff, especially the shot of the bat. I betcha you had no need for a laxative when that varmint appeared or did you not know of its' presence till you viewed the finished photo??? I have one question. Are those rusted out powder canisters scattered about the tunnel?  I think some of your earlier Foto tours have shown remnants of these things where they were utilized in beefing up trench emplacements, etc. If that is what these objects are, I wonder why they are piled up in the tunnel. My imagination is beginning to crank up, once again. Cheers. |
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Post by fots2 on Mar 16, 2012 0:38:44 GMT 8
Hi okla,
That photo does not have any references to help you determine the size of the cans so it is easy to think they are powder cans. When you are there, the cans are larger so fuel drums would be my guess as to what they are.
Notice the right side end bowed out in the top can. Something inside burned but did not explode. Other cans in the area look similar. They are located near where the fires occurred.
Many tunnels seem to have an interesting history.
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Post by okla on Mar 16, 2012 2:21:18 GMT 8
Hey Fots....You, or course, are correct, it would seem. I betcha those containers are 55 gallon fuel drums. On one of them, I think I detect (here goes the imagination once again) those two, always present, raised/ridged collars (for lack of a better word) that encircle those type drums. You know, of course, the destiny of the universe hangs on the solution of this vexing problem. Cheers.
Postcript....I am still intrigued about that Bat. That photo is one of the more interesting/unusual I have seen of late.
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Post by armyjunk on Mar 16, 2012 9:44:40 GMT 8
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Post by fots2 on Mar 16, 2012 14:17:04 GMT 8
Hi okla,
I think you are correct about the fuel drums.
Fort Frank is certainly the record holder for the number of bats zipping around you. It is difficult to take a photo where one or more of them do not show up.
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Post by Karl Welteke on Mar 4, 2018 12:35:56 GMT 8
Visiting James Ravine and the 1918 Underground Infantry Quarters Feb. 2018 About 6 of Friends of Corregidor mustered on Corregidor Island between the 13th to 16th Feb. 2018.We were specifically there to observe the 73rd Anniversary of raising the First Flag of Liberation on Corregidor, 2018-02-16. On the 14th Feb we chose to explore Middleside and James Ravine. I assembled 23 images and will make this presentation in three segments. This is the first segment with 8 images of just general James Ravine views. We also visited the Mine Casement and the large tunnel, which we call: “Ron’s Tunnel” but I did not take any images this time of those two structures.  Za628. Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island map. Za628. Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island map, marked up with points of interests we had visited on the 14th Feb. 2018..  Za629. Ft. Mills, Battery James on the 14th Feb. 2018. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose. On our visit down to James Ravine we stopped at Battery James. The battery is completely grown over again.  Za630. Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, a typical terrain view now a days. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za631. Ft. Mills, view of Rock Point from James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za632. Ft. Mills, view of a Machine Gun Casemate from James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za633. Trash from the people around Manila Bay deposited in front of James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za634. Ex Ft. Mills, typical view of the mouth of James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo - courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za635. Corregidor Friends on the beach at James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Friends of Corregidor left to right: Mr. Paul Whitman, an Australian and the webmaster of the huge and very great corregidor.org/ webpage, Gary Vodika from Texas, John Moffitt-a Canadian who like me visited Corregidor over 50 times, John Byrne- an Australian who came with the webmaster and Harald Klose who is a retired German Army Officer and joint me for this event the 5th tim in that many years. Note from Karl: Because Photobucket screwed over their customers, all the previous pictures in this thread do not show anymore. We hope one day we will correct this. We have a related thread called: “A Stroll down James Ravine” but all the pictures do not show any more either. This is the URL: corregidor.proboards.com/thread/674/stroll-james-ravine |
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Post by Karl Welteke on Mar 4, 2018 19:15:46 GMT 8
Visiting James Ravine and the 1918 Underground Infantry Quarters Feb. 2018 About 6 Friends of Corregidor mustered on Corregidor Island between the 13th to 16th Feb. 2018.We were specifically there to observe the 73rd Anniversary of raising the First Flag of Liberation on Corregidor, 2018-02-16. On the 14th Feb we chose to explore Middleside and James Ravine. I assembled 23 images and will make this presentation in three segments. This is the second segment with 8 images approaching, entering and climbing out of the underground Inf. Quarters. We also visited the Mine Casement and the large tunnel, which we call: “Ron’s Tunnel” but I did not take any images this time of those two structures. The last 2 images show 3 U.S Army grave head stones belonging to Philippine Scouts. They were moved into James Ravine for safe keeping because all the others had disappeared from the cemetery. I wanted to look at them again to see whether they are still there; they are!  Za636. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, John Byrne and Karl are entering. Photo-courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za637. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, John Byrne is entering. Photo-courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za638. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, John Byrne is entering. Photo-courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za639. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, John Byrne is entering. Photo-courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za640. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, Karl is exiting. Photo-courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za641. Underground 1918 Infantry Quarters, ex Ft. Mills, James Ravine on Corregidor Island, John Byrne just exited. Photo-courtesy of Harald Klose.  Za642. Three U.S Army grave head stones belonging to Philippine Scouts are abandoned in James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Photo-courtesy of Harald Klose. Za642. They were moved into James Ravine for safe keeping because all the others had disappeared from the cemetery. I wanted to look at them again to see whether they are still there; they are!  Za643. Two out of three U.S Army grave head stones belonging to Philippine Scouts are abandoned in James Ravine on Corregidor Island. Za643. They were moved into James Ravine for safe keeping because all the others had disappeared from the cemetery. I wanted to look at them again to see whether they are still there; they are! Note from Karl: Because Photobucket screwed over their customers, all the previous pictures in this thread do not show anymore. We hope one day we will correct this. We have a related thread called: “A Stroll down James Ravine” but all the pictures do not show any more either. This is the URL: corregidor.proboards.com/thread/674/stroll-james-ravine |
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I think some of your earlier Foto tours have shown remnants of these things where they were utilized in beefing up trench emplacements, etc. If that is what these objects are, I wonder why they are piled up in the tunnel. My imagination is beginning to crank up, once again. Cheers.