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4 503d PRCT in Color - Capt. Bailey's extraordinary Collection of Corregidor photographs, supplied courtesy of Bill Calhoun

4 Battle of Manila Scrapbook -   Links to articles about Manila 1945; (under construction).

4 Battle of Manila  -  Analysis of Urban Operations Doctrine and the lessons learned from a study of the Battle of Manila - Dr. T. M. Huber.

4 Heritage Radio Broadcasts - two hours of radio reports from the War years. 

4 Combat Over Corregidor - The entire text of Dr. Charles Bradford's  magnificent book. Requires password which is supplied free to members registering their details.

4 Corregidor Gallery - People, places and personalities

4 Charles Durden's Collection - Collection of 36 enlargements from a 'trooper's personal album - Mindoro & Negros - Click on the photos to enlarge.

4 A Critical Reminiscence - In 1963, Lt. Col Ray G Lawrence wrote of his experiences at East Point - the sector of beach where the first and second  Japanese waves came ashore - directly under his guns.  His unit consisted of himself, a Filipino 3rd Lieutenant, and 35 Philippine Scouts. By dawn, with the third wave turning back, there were approximately 500 Japanese effectives remaining on the island. After establishing a skirmish-line to deal with these stragglers, he saw a boat under a white flag on its way to Ft. Hughes.  Out of communication with Lawrence, and thus unaware of Lawrence's success, and with a mind to humanitarian aspects he could not conceive the Japanese would disregard with complete arrogance, General Wainwright had already surrendered.  (File requires Adobe Reader)

4 The Mullaney Collection  - 53 high resolution photographs of paratroopers in training at Ft. Benning, courtesy of Jim Mullaney. 

4 Duane Larson - The Absence of His Presence - Gallery Page . 

4 "Ghosts of Corregidor"  -  Gallery of Japanese photographs found on Corregidor - currently 53 photos.

4 Japanese POW's on Corregidor, 1945  -  enlarged hi-res scans

4 Japanese Photographs of Corregidor, May 1942

4 Selections from the National Archives  - high and ultra high resolution scans of photographs of Corregidor, 16 February 1945.

4 The States Photographs  - the 503d was photographed on our return from Corregidor - by State of Origin -  Project Coordinator is Bob Flynn, 503d PRCT Official Historian - High resolution versions of these scans, one for each state, are available only on the CD Rom.

4 The Foster Collection  - 146 high resolution scans of "G" Company 503d PRCT throughout Negros - including the surrender of Japanese troops, and some photos of Japan. There's also a fully functioning slideshow.

 

 

Documents

4 Members Roster (Word Document) - list of Heritage Bn & CHS Members details as supplied to us.

4 Historic Documents of the 503d PRCT 

- Daily Operation S-3 Reports
-  S-3 Journal
- Communications Report
- Graves Registration Report

4 Historic Documents

- Survey of Japanese Seacoast Artillery (Adobe *.pdf file)

 

Slideshows

 

4 The 1945 Collection  - slideshow of approx. 100 photos taken on Corregidor 1945

4 The 1941-42 Collection  - slideshow taken on Corregidor before, during and after the siege

4 Corregidor during the 1920's and 1930's.  - Slideshow

4 Manila 1945 Slideshow - 150 low resolution scans  of Manila, Tagaytay, and a few of Corregidor

4 Ft. Drum Slideshow - selection of pre-war photos of Ft. Drum

4 TAPS (Music in a *.WAV file)  - Recording of TAPS played by Master Sergeant Jari A. Villanueva at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery, for over sixteen years.

 
 

Maps not on the Website

4 Map of Luzon, Philippine Islands 1941  - with overlay of Communications Net American Dispositions 8 December 1941
4Map of Luzon, Philippine Islands 1941  - with overlay of Centrifugal Offensive 10 December 1941 - 6 May 1942 - Fourteenth Army Operations on Luzon

 

4  Map of Luzon, Philippine Islands 1941  - with overlay of Invasion of Luzon and the Advance to Manila - 9 January -4 February 1945

 4 Map of Luzon, Philippine Islands 1941  - with overlay of Final Operations on  Luzon - 3 February 1945 - 20 July 1945

 

 
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