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Post by okla on Jun 6, 2010 0:21:26 GMT 8
Hey Fots....Now that we know which mortar is "the mortar", I have gone back over those great shots that you and your trusty pocket camera used to record the guns in the mortar pit. I find it most satisfying to know exactly which of these four artillery pieces is "it". I am taking the liberty to christen this mortar the "K" gun in honor of Sergeant Kwiecinski. I am sure that some folks reading these posts think we are a bit addled, but I would respond to such charges with your most apt statement, "there is no known cure". Today, thanks to Steve, we have relieved our suffering to some degree, no matter how limited. Cheers.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2010 8:43:20 GMT 8
Pic from my trip in 1974 - the condition of the battery was pretty much unrestored and it was not possible for us to enter any of the support areas. Sorry about the photo quality - everything was film and the heat in the area as well as a few years have taken their toll. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2010 8:46:36 GMT 8
To give you an idea of how 'rough' the area was in '74, this aerial pic includes Battery Way. It is along a line from the end of Topside to the end of the Hospital - difficult to see. Attachments:
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Post by fots2 on Jul 6, 2010 18:06:30 GMT 8
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the photos. Any views of Corregidor, even post-war are interesting to see.
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Post by chadhill on Sept 11, 2010 8:06:58 GMT 8
Here are comparison photos of the mortar with the dented barrel. By the way, what a great discussion here!! I remember that in 1986, an elderly Filipino gentleman (not sure if he was a vet) told me that this mortar did indeed take a direct hit near the muzzle, from a Japanese gun on Bataan. fots2's 2010 image: My 1986 photo:
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Post by okla on Sept 11, 2010 22:55:07 GMT 8
Hey Chad....If I had ever had a chance to tour Corregidor, Battery Way would have been the first Battery that I would have visited. I suppose it's because that Battery was the last one (on the Rock) firing. It has a "mystique" that the others are lacking. "Ghosts walking at midday".
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Post by fots2 on Aug 7, 2012 0:32:15 GMT 8
In previous posts we had discussed what the 12-inch Mortar ‘number’ assignments might be. No one will lose sleep not knowing this but I found the following table so I thought I had better add it here, I’ll never be able to find it again. The table also shows the Pit ‘letter’ assignments. (published in a 1904 US Army document, “Care and Use of Seacoast Armament”)
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Post by okla on Aug 7, 2012 2:28:44 GMT 8
Hey Fots....I beg to differ with your statement. There are those of us, myself leading the list, who have and will continue to lose sleep over such trivia. I betcha, if you were candid, you would have to admit that you are a card carrying member of this unique group of "geeks" who lose sleep in this manner. Are we now "safe" in saying that 'ole #1 is THE storied piece of ordnance?
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Post by fots2 on Aug 7, 2012 9:20:53 GMT 8
It looks like we share the same type of card okla.
You are correct, #1 is THE one.
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Post by chadhill on May 11, 2013 6:00:13 GMT 8
How the mortar with the dented barrel looked in the Japanese May 1942 newsreel:
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