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Post by fots2 on May 8, 2010 0:17:37 GMT 8
A few more oldies...  Battery Way undated post war photo  Battery Way  Bottomside North Dock torpedo  Today an 8-inch gun barrel sits on this piece of concrete  February 16, 1945 photo of the 503rd PRCT parachute drop in progress above the Lighthouse.  The Lighthouse area today.  Battery James Gun #2  Battery James Gun #2  This is a 1945 view of Bottomside north taken from the base of Malinta Hill. From bottom to top you can see Lorcha Dock, North Dock and the Engineer Dock. To the left of Engineer Dock are the buildings of the refrigeration and power plants. On the hillside above these buildings you can see the Middleside Barracks. Note the little hill at the center towards the bottom of the photo.  Due to trees obstructing the 1945 view I had to take this photo from the little hill.  From part of the reinforced Middleside Barracks, this view is in the opposite direction looking back towards Malinta Hill.  Two 12-inch mortars of Battery Way - 1967  Two 12-inch mortars of Battery Way - 1970  Two 12-inch mortars of Battery Way - 1981  The same two 12-inch mortars.  Topside Parade Grounds with Mile Long Barracks in the background.  A similar view today.  Battery James Gun #3.  Battery James Gun #3 after a recent clean-up.  Battery Wheeler in August 1909. Gun #1 is in the background.  Same perspective today. Gun #1 was removed during the Japanese occupation.  1933 view of the Battery Way mortars taken from the NW corner of the gun pit.  Post war view of the gun pit taken from the SW corner.  Current view also taken from the SW corner. |
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Post by okla on May 8, 2010 2:28:11 GMT 8
Hey Fots.....Excellent stuff. As I have often said I love "now and then and before and after" photos. This current posting is some of the best stuff you have put up, especially the ones of Battery Way. This installation is the most interesting Battery as far as I am concerned. If I ever, which ain't gonna happen, make it to Corregidor, Battery Way is the first artillery position I will visit. I would love to know which one of those mortars was the last one firing at the enemy. As I understand it, "Wild Bill" Massello yanked the field phone out of the wall connection/switchboard,etc in order not receive the cease fire order and Battery Way continued the fight until that last, remaining mortar "froze" up due to the heat from the continual operation. Hell of man, the Major. Again, you have eased my "withdrawal" pangs. I remain, continually, in your debt. Cheers.
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Post by fots2 on May 8, 2010 11:38:43 GMT 8
Glad you liked them okla. There are more to come someday.
I have ignored my own picture hosting site for two years now. It is in need of numerous updates and a major overhaul so it is time to take a break from time consuming posts here. At the rate I am going, that will take a year or so.
Due to many Corregidor visits recently, there are hundreds of photos on my computer that I have not even looked at yet so I have lots of clean-up to do. I will still post miscellaneous photos as I finish with them.
As a gift to my buddy okla, I will finish with a trip report on Battery Way and post all I have on that battery for you. That should be in the next two or three weeks.
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Post by okla on May 9, 2010 0:20:33 GMT 8
Hey Fots.....I quiver in nervous anticipation. Battery Way along with, of course, Malinta, the "Mile Long Barracks", the "spooky", at least to me and my overworked imagination, Japanese landing beaches and the vacant parade ground are "holy" places. When viewing that parade field I can almost hear the Regimental Band playing. Methinks, sometimes, I am "losing it". You said it, "it's an addiction that has no known cure". Looking forward to all your future presentations. I really do, as do other stateside "geeks"(I am sure) appreciate your untiring efforts regarding our mutual love, "the Rock".
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Post by xray on Aug 6, 2010 13:33:46 GMT 8
fots, I would like to take a chance to thank you very much for all of your fine pictures and detailed info about the Rock.
I have always been fascinated with the place, and love living history.
Your work is incredible, I spend hours browsing yours and other thread here.
Keep up the good work, I hope this material is archived in case anything happened to the site, your work is largely irreplaceable.
I have a dream to one day set foot on the Rock, I hope it will come true in the near future.
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Post by fots2 on Aug 7, 2010 0:42:55 GMT 8
Hi xray,
Thank-you for the comments. Its nice to hear from someone else who is interested in such a fascinating place as Corregidor Island.
Let us know when you plan to visit someday. Perhaps one of us on this forum would be able to meet up with you and show you around. January and February are the best months for comfortable walking and exploring but I am sure you will have a great time any month you go there.
I got an unexpected test of my archiving practices early last month. My main laptop got wet and no amount of CPR could revive it. All original photos are backed up elsewhere but I did lose some recent photos and some editing work. Future back-ups will now be done every couple weeks.
Now I am in the process of buying a new laptop. Doing that plus getting it set-up to a usable state will take awhile.
To keep my buddy okla out of a coma, I will post some miscellaneous photos from time to time.
Have a good day.
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Post by okla on Aug 7, 2010 4:32:06 GMT 8
Hey Xray....Welcome to the club. I am most happy to see that you realize that you are dealing with the guy who has the most extensive collection of Corregidor photos on the planet. If he ain't "the man" I certainly would like to see any of those other collections that exist (which I absolutely can't believe are out there). This statement isn't meant to demean any of the other folks who contribute photos for this message board, but fots just can't be surpassed in my humble. He has to know every nook and cranny, every bush and tree, of this hallowed place. Anyone who peruses all the excellent stuff he has laid out there for us "Rock Geeks" to enjoy has to realize that this collection should be archived, as you have suggested, at the Smithsonian or some other such repository. He keeps my "habit" fed, but also dangerously near the divorce court or, more probably, some type mental institution. Once again, welcome to the forum. Postscript...I have long given up on every actually making a pilgrimage to Corregidor/Bataan. I am now too "long of tooth", but I hope that it's not too late for you. Somewhere on this forum I have told how I missed out on being re-assigned to Clark Field instead of returning stateside from Korea in 1953. That was my only shot at ever visiting the Philippines. Have always regretted missing out on the Clark tour of duty. I would imagine that the "Rock" was still pretty beat up at that time and there were areas that were "off limits" due to unexploded ordnance,etc. I would have taken my chances anyhow and visited what parts of the island that were authorized. Cheers.
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Post by victor on Aug 7, 2010 5:50:52 GMT 8
Still waiting for Fots' "Corregidor - Then and Now" cofee table book...  |
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Post by okla on Aug 7, 2010 9:56:31 GMT 8
Hey Vic....It has to happen!!!!
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Post by chadhill on Sept 27, 2010 0:39:16 GMT 8
fots2's 2009 image of the barrel fortifications at Denver Hill.  My 1986 photo.  |
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