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Post by okla on Nov 22, 2010 5:22:49 GMT 8
Hey Fots....Is that a building under construction that sits directly west (NW ??)of the two finished ones shown in the Paul Cornwallis 1940-41 photo (with enlargement)  All this recent batch of pix is good stuff, as is the usual case. What am I gonna do when there is no more of this excellent material left for you guys to post??? Maybe we can go back and start all over. Better than the alternative. Cheers. Postscript--Ole' Chad has been a very welcome addition to this forum, methinks. I just wish I could contribute something, other than my eternal kibitzing and questions. I fear, sometimes, that this old goat is becoming a pest.  Cheers. |
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Post by fots2 on Nov 22, 2010 10:42:40 GMT 8
okla, that might very well have been the start of another building. Since our last complete map was created in 1936, actually there are lots of buildings that existed but do not show up on maps. Chad has posted some great photos. I hope they keep coming. By the way, I have lots more photos for you okla. I just need the time to get everything sorted out. I recently 'got volunteered' for painting so that has limited my quality time for 'important' things.  |
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Post by okla on Nov 22, 2010 22:21:39 GMT 8
Hey Fots....As per usual, I will be awaiting the new batch of pix with my patented "nervous inticipation". I know all about those "honey doos",i.e, painting, mowing, sweeping, etc. Wife posts "duty rosters" so as for me to know what and when things are to be done. I do have my standards, low as they may be. I do not pull civilian KP. Not since 1953, when promoted to Staff Sergeant, have I washed (voluntarily) one dish, cup, or spoon. I got enough of that duty back in my youth. Cheers.
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Post by chadhill on Nov 23, 2010 0:25:57 GMT 8
Okla, I always enjoy reading your informed and insightful comments. Keep 'em heading this way. Fots, what great shots of the 92nd garage area. Thank you. While comparing the 1940-41 Cornwallis photo to the May '42 PEF photo, at first I thought that one of the 92nd C.A. Philippine Scouts barracks had survived the early wartime shelling and fighting. But upon closer viewing, when looking over the roof of the right building on the beach (#620 garage and repair shop 92nd CA, if I have that correct) toward the barracks behind, the angle doesn't seem to match. I'm guessing they must have constructed another building, seen in the left background of the PEF photo, after Cornwallis took his picture. 1940-41 Cornwallis photo (cropped).  May 1942 PEF photo (cropped).  I enjoyed all the other comparison photos, too. Please keep them rolling. |
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Post by The Phantom on Nov 23, 2010 4:55:52 GMT 8
Okla, never a pest.
Always insightful and interesting questions.
Enjoy having you out there.
Keep it coming.........
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Post by chadhill on Nov 29, 2010 0:15:35 GMT 8
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Post by chadhill on Nov 29, 2010 12:59:17 GMT 8
Undated photo of 3" AA gun at unidentified location on Corregidor.  1986 photo of Denver Hill fortification ruins.  2009 photo of Denver Hill fortification ruins (photo courtesy fots2).   (Added one more fine fots foto). |
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Post by The Phantom on Nov 30, 2010 5:16:33 GMT 8
The old photo of an AA gun pit could certainly have been in Battery Denver.
The stacked barrels are still present all over the area, and were used in a big way in Battery Denver as it was constructed late in 1941 early 1942.
One of the least photographed areas on the island as its thick in thorny vines, thick overgrowth and some trees which make it dark at most times of the day, no matter where the sun is in the sky.
Which has probably kept it unexplored for some time.
( Although last year someone went in there and cut a trail though, and using a metal detector, left several holes.)
Great shots of the area. A trench running east to west is still visible, on the southern top ridge, lined on both sides by rusted out barrels.
There is a large depression that could have been a railroad tie covered bunker or control station connected to this trench, or the gun pit in your picture?
The Battery Denver area is mentioned in some books, and on this site, as an area the prisoners in 92nd Garage area, in 1942, went to find some food.
I believe they were disappointed with large cans of ?
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Post by chadhill on Jan 4, 2011 12:41:08 GMT 8
Water tanks near light house, 2009 (photo courtesy fots2)  From the Coast Artillery Journal, March-April, 1945  I haven't seen a match for this one, but will post it in case anyone else has. From the Coast Artillery Journal, March-April, 1945:  |
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Post by okla on Jan 5, 2011 7:25:10 GMT 8
Hey Chad...I wonder if remnants of the "Headquarters Battery" sign are still visible today. Betcha Fots has recent pics that indicate where HQ Battery was located. If not you can bet your "bippy" he can get us a very up to date photo of this location. Evidently all the shooting on Topside has come to an end when this photograph was taken. The troopers seem to be enjoying their ease, wouldn't you say? Those ARE American troops aren't they? ? One (in the white T-Shirt leaning against the pillar, one (maybe two) lolling behind against the wall. |
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