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ITEM 4: CORREGIDOR MAP - 1936 - in three parts
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1 inch = 200 Feet
This is the best version we have available - Officially this
is O.D.E., P.D. No. 3-1-1 Sheets 1, 2 & 3 - but most of us just call it by the
shorthand title "the 1936 Map."
The map was revised March 31, 1936, and remained SECRET until
25 June 1942, at which point it was reclassified RESTRICTED. That's a bit
peculiar, if you think about it, because by that latter date, Corregidor was in
Japanese hands, and it was a safe assumption that Corregidor held few
cartographic secrets any more.
Yet, even more peculiarly and against all logic, when the
503d Parachute Regimental Combat Team were tasked to jump on Corregidor in
February 1945, the 1936 map was deliberately denied them.
Sheets 1 & 2 of this map are perfectly reproduced, though
Sheet 3 suffers from photostatic discoloration from our original.
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