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503d ON THE ROCK WEBSITE
Our major project. In association with Corregidor Historic Society, we
support and develop the website as the means by which new generations can learn
who we were and what we did. Its focus is to inform, to inspire, to
involve and above all, to educate. Bandwidth is not cheap, and the rich
magazine style of the website, with its copious sharp photographs and maps, is a bandwidth
monster.
CORREGIDOR PROJECT 2004
Our major annual venture. In association with Corregidor Historic Society, a 2
week "intensive" exploration of The Rock. Scheduled for January
2004, this is not a guided
tour, you find your own way there, we promise nothing. - It is a get-together of people interested in all
aspects of Corregidor history, and who happen to enjoy each other's company.
This trip will be exploring Crockett
Ravine, Battery Monja, the South Shore Road between Searchlight Point to No-Name
Point and beyond (is it possible?) and Ft. Drum. Also a regular beer bust, due to
retrograde Aussie participants. For the genuine Corregidor aficionados. Veterans will not find the pace difficult, and their presence
as mentors is encouraged. Enjoyment is compulsory. Refer
the
reports about earlier visits.(2000,
2001) "COMBAT OVER
CORREGIDOR" PROJECT
This is an project to ensure that Charlie "Doc" Bradford's
manuscript is published. The manuscript has been utilized by every major
Corregidor historian, however the 503d PRCT Association now has the permission
of the Doc's estate to see the manuscript published. John Lindgren's Introduction
and Chapters 1 , 2 & 3 are featured on this website,
as a teaser. Don Abbott & Paul Whitman, Project Co-ordinator. "BLESS
'EM ALL" PROJECT
The compilation of the authoritative contributative history of 2/503
tracing it throughout WW2. Bill Calhoun & Paul Whitman, Project Co-ordinators.
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FOSTER'S COLLECTION" PROJECT
The preservation of the most comprehensive private collection of photos taken of
the 503d PRCT during the Mindoro and Negros campaigns. Steven Foster, Project
Co-ordinator. THE
STATES PHOTOGRAPHS PROJECT
The photographs of the members from each State, taken on Mindoro after returning
from Corregidor, as printed in Templeman, are being transferred
from the original (but obsolete) glass negatives to safety film,
under the guidance of master photographer Fred Hill. They will then be
hand printed to Museum specifications, and eventually will be converted to
high resolution digital format. The ability to reproduce from fragile
glass negatives is a lost craft, and can now be accomplished by only the most
extraordinary craftsmen using custom built enlargers. Two sets of large
format film negatives are being produced, a master and a backup. Fred Hill
was a member of the 17th Photo Recon Squadron, which covered the return to
Corregidor. Bob Flynn, Project Sponsor & Co-ordinator.
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