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Articles of Historic Interest
BATTLE OF MANILA |
- Surfing the web for materials on Corregidor, it's almost impossible not to come across a lot of historic photographs of pre-war Manila and the aftermath of the Battle for Manila. We've gathered 25 views here. |
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-A series of 20 photographs highlighting people, places and personalities of Historic Corregidor, this feature replaces the Historic Corregidor and Round Table photo series. Each page can be jumped to from the main photo page. We also introduce the PhotoZone Navigation System. Click on graphic to read more. |
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THE CORREGIDOR RAILWAY SYSTEM |
- Tony Feredo introduces us to the railway system of pre-war Corregidor. |
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- Article by the late Ralph Forty, originally published in Modern Tramway (1969). | |
G.I.'s PHILIPPINE SCRAPBOOK |
- What you'll see in a G.I.'s scrapbook of his time in Manila, 1945. |
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The Lean Years |
- Colonel Paschal N. Strong tells how Malinta Tunnel was built by murderers with obsolete 'borrowed' machinery and condemned TNT. The article has been recently updated with some of Richard Marin's hauntingly beautiful photographic interpretations of Malinta Tunnel. |
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LOST CORREGIDOR |
- The Home Front Life Before WW2. There is more to Corregidor defeat, surrender and vindication. It symbolizes war’s duality - destruction and creativity, brutality and comradeship, inhumanity and humanity, yes. But before all of this, before World War II, it was an idyllic place for the Army families who lived there. This is Selma Harrison Calmes' pictorial story of that other lost Corregidor. |
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LOST CORREGIDOR (PART II) THE HOME FRONT |
- Selma Harrison Calmes takes a fresh look at particular aspects of life on Corregidor before World War II, through her familys eyes. (Part 2) |
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LOST CORREGIDOR (PART III) DOCKSIDE
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- Photographs taken pre-war at North Docks - the Mineplanter USAMP Harrison - Submarines at North Dock | |
PICTURE SHOW
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- Slideshows of Corregidor's rich tapestry - this link will take you to a series of Index Pages containing links to our specially set-up lideshows. | |
The Officers' Guide |
- It is 1941, and you are on your way to your first posting at Fort Mills. Here are your travellers tips on the best way to prepare for your posting. |
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SALVAGING A SILVER TREASURE |
Diving for Philippine Pesos off Corregidor in 1945 |
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THE JAPANESE OVERSTRIKE SILVER COIN |
The Japanese Corregidor Commemorative Coin |
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OFFICER COUNTRY |
- Round table on pre-war appointments of U.S. Army Officers to the Philippine Islands. |
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ARTIFACTS PAGES | - A collection of items from private collections, from Corregidor's past . You are encouraged to contribute a scan, or a comment better identifying the pictured item. |
Lost Corregidor |
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CT&N INDEX PAGES |
CORREGIDOR UNDER SIEGE |
REDISCOVERING CORREGIDOR |
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