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*tr *sOK«F•T*35*#fi\r4^ryl '%t(K; ■.v.*• 'MU ■ SLS :i%TlPW3*fcs Vt#ffe*r^ons%■NVaso*:* * *d**«*»K NS-T^I'■ *iffili2s§Sit Itiilt;PT/PI■wSfc. '?*••iSrm*Jt'lK.\1 W*'F'lt; I ' *'■V!-vvMW»•K ?Pi■Urnirm11*«fcs -lt;r w - w* •■' J-V- ■ ft*•Wr AW-- VsN -*xksw.4W^vlt;:;M■m'^'v,IfrxCii^ jMwW■$Q££BKh^fvlt;AVW'v'XyXC :■-.*4 * » * WH i % :$#«f9^p '•'* ,.* ■ '*V *if “VVk-A' ..WV. -«**8* *1*Mk*mWRECKED REMINDER: Twisted stool girders arc a battle-scarred monument to the battle of (or rogidor during World War II. This picture shows the top floor of the headquarters barracks buildings where American troops were billeted.IB/iBattle-Seared Correg Tourist Attraction TodayHy TONY E8CODACORREG IDOR ISLAND, Philip* nos CAP) — Sunday visitorssplash m the surf, sun themselves on the beach or fish from the shell-scarred docks on this tad-pole-shaped island guarding Manila | Bay. |ifg|f||J;|illlllfc-lli:®Ull^Elsewhere on Corregidor all is quiet The jungle lias grown back over tunnels and gun emplacements in the hills. Often the onlysun of life is an occasional snakeslithering through the tall grass. A newly built tourist lodge sitsOn the hUl called “Topside/* Scrawled in charcoal on one wall MacArthur’s old command post is this message from an unknown still stands, an empty shell gutted soldier; by Japanese artillery lire. “Never say die.'*on a rise a hail mile from! the si*i where|Japanese trooosgi wept ,t»hore in M«\, 1942, to stamp out the last spark of Allied resistance in Southeast Asia.Before that, Corregidor and Bataan Peninsula, aero.-- the bay n the north, were the only allied out* posts left in the wakt. ol the Juj-ancse juggernautThe ragtag at nv of 12,000 Americans and Filipino^ on Cor-rcgidor had already beaten backone major onslaught and were fighting on despite the rain lt;f bombs and shells that spattered the island daily.For a time the Free Philippine government ruled from gloomyMalinta tunnel and its network of laterals lt;fug out ot Corregidor’s bedrock, and from here a lonely “Voice of Freedom broadcast each day.But by April. Bataan — Corregidor, the key to Gen. Dongle- MacArthur’s defense of the Philippines — had fallen, Ammu* nition for Corregidor’s big guns had run out. So had food and med-withtcine.The hospital wards msidc Malinta were crammed with sick and wounded, many of whom were to die later during the Death March to concentration camps on Luzon.The Philippine government, with Gen. MacArthur and his staff, escaped to Australia.T’n« h:g Japan* -e push finally came, and this time there was little to stop it.It ended on May 6 when Gen.Jonathan Wainwright surrendered.The Voice of Freedom w- nt off the air and the big Rock k .1 si-len t. #'The silence today is more humdrum, punctuated by the laughter of tourists who come over on the Sunday excursion boats They are shown around by the only soldiers left on Corregidor — a handful of Philippine marines on routine security duty.The island is technically a memorial ground, but only a few tablets and markers have been erected. Few are needed.Tire site of the Japanese landingis clearly narked by trees and shrubbery, tore If $which haven't bloomed since.The 23 batteries still have12-inch coastal guns and mortars,wdh rusted barrels in the sameposition as when they were lastA third of Maltnta tunnel's S2.Vfcot length haath %m'$ rooin enough for sightffl'mt and a sign that rradst “Hoadquarteffi, I’m tod Stat## Forces mthe PiiiliifMM##/1It★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ittijt§iit:tii4«1* Iilt;fA SHOW PLACE TODAY: Tourists inspect 12-infh Imerlcan mortars rusted in their last firing position—toward Bataan.t,. m.' 3!
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Dover Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio, US
Thu, Dec 03, 1959
Page 6
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