Corregidor

Esplanade Seaside Terminal, Manila	48 km west of Manila, the fortified island of Corregidor has protected the entrance to Manila Bay since the Spanish arrived 1570	Welcome to Corregidor Island	Sun Cruises operates daily tours to Corregidor from the Esplanade Seaside Terminal near the Mall of Asia
A country without ruins is a country without history. A country without history is a country without memory.	Battery Way, Corregidor, contracted 1908-1914	Battery Way, 1908-1914	Battery Way houses 4 12-inch mortars (M1890MI guns)
The coast defense mortars use high trajectory armor-piercing shells	Bunker at Battery Way, Corregidor	Bunker at Battery Way, Corregidor	Lush foliage at Battery Way
Battery Hearn, constructed 1918-1921, with a 12-inch gun (model 1895A2)	Battery Hearn, Corregidor	History of Battery Hearn	Battery Hearn could shoot a 1000 pound projectile 17 miles
Spare gun barrel, Battery Hearn	The gun required a crew of 1 officer and 33 enlisted men	Me at Battery Hearn, Corregidor	During the American colonial period, Corregidor was operated by the US Army as Fort Mills
Mile Long Barracks, Topside, Corregidor	Mile Long Barracks, Topside, Corregidor	Mile Long Barracks, Topside, Corregidor	Mile Long Barracks, Topside, Corregidor
Mile Long Barracks, Topside, Corregidor	Fort Mills cinema, Topside	Fort Mills cinema, Topside	Fort Mills cinema, Topside
View of the Tailside from the Topside, Corregidor	Pacific War Memorial, Corregidor	Brothers in Arms, Pacific War Memorial	Pacific War Memorial, Corregidor
Pacific War Memorial, Corregidor	Pacific War Memorial, Corregidor	Sleep, my sons, your duty done...for freedom's light has come - sleep in the silent depths of the sea, ...	Defense of the Philippines - December 8, 1941 - May 6, 1942
Campaign of Philippine Liberation - October 17, 1944 - July 4, 1945	Plaque in honor of the fighting men of Australia, Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands and New Zealand	Pacific War Memorial Museum, Corregidor	Relief map of Corregidor
American General Jonathan Wainwright surrenders to Japan, May 6, 1942	General Jonathan Wainwright, captured at Corregidor	The Corregidor Flag, hoisted on December 2, 1898	Mosaic of the War in the Pacific, 1941-1945
Major events of the Pacific War	Detail of the Japanese home islands on the mosaic in the Pacific War Museum	Bust of General Douglas MacArthur	The End of a Fighting Ship, the Last Moments of the USS St Lo, CVE 63 - sunk by a kamikaze 25 Oct 1944
Currency issued by the Japanese occupation forces in the Philippines	57mm American anti-tank gun	Corregidor Dec17 154.jpg	MNL Dec17 114.jpg
"I see your old flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak and let no enemy ever haul them down"	The Corregidor Flagpole	Spanish-era lighthouse, 1853, Corregidor	Ruins of officer's quarters, Topside
Ruins of officer's quarters, Topside	Ruins of officer's quarters, Topside	History of the Corregidor flagpole	Fort Mills Headquarters, 1915, Topside
Fort Mills Headquarters, 1915, Topside	Veranda of Fort Mills HQ	Fort Mills Headquarters, 1915, Topside	12 inch shells on display at Corregidor
Battery Crockett, constructed 1905-1908	History of Battery Crockett, Corregidor	"Disappearing" gun emplacement o Battery Crockett	"Disappearing" gun emplacement o Battery Crockett
1895 model 12 inch gun, 1899	Battery Crockett bunkers	Bomb damage to Battery Crockett	Concrete bunker, Battery Crockett
Little Corregidor seen from Battery Crockett	Return past the port at Bottomside	General Douglas MacArthur departing for Australia "I Shall Return"	Lorcha Dock, General MacArthur's departure point for Australia
Philippine long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis philippensis)	Wakayama 61st Infantry Regiment memorial - For the Repose of Souls	Japanese Garden of Peace, Corregidor	Japanese Garden of Peace, Corregidor
Part of the Tribute to the Japanese has been chiseled away	Japansese Artillery, Corregidor	Japansese Artillery, Corregidor	Kan-non statue donated in 2009 in memory of the Pacific war dead in the Philippines
Kan-non statue donated in 2009 in memory of the Pacific war dead in the Philippines	Peace and Love, Japanese Garden of Peace	Kan-non, Japanese Garden of Peace	Filipino Heroes Memorial, Corregidor
Filipino Heroes Memorial, Corregidor	Filipino Heroes Memorial - Battle of Mactan, 1521	Filipino Heroes Memorial - Diego and Gabriela Silang in the Ilocos, 1763	Filipino Heroes Memorial - The Philippine Revolution, 1896
Filipino Heroes Memorial - Filipino-American War, 1899	Filipino Heroes Memorial - World War II, 1941-1945	Filipino Heroes Memorial - EDSA Revolution, Feb 22-25, 1986	Filipino Heroes Memorial - "Bataan Death March"
Filipino Heroes Memorial - "The Fall of Corregidor"	Filipino Heroes Memorial - "Reign of Terror in the Philippines"	Filipino Heroes Memorial - "When War Ravages the Children"	Filipino Heroes Memorial - "Thailand-Burma Death Railway"
Filipino Heroes Memorial - "War, the Greatest Agony of Mankind"	Malinta Tunnel, eastern entrance, 1932	The Malinta Tunnel was built as a bomb-proof bunker for storage and personnel	During WWII, the Malinta Tunnel contained a 1,000 bed hospital
The last US troops surrender on May 6, 1942	During the reconquest of Corregidor, the Japanese garrison committed suicide by detonating explosive in the tunnel 23 Feb 1945	The Malinta Tunnel is 831 feet long with 24 small side tunnels	One of the side galleries of the Malinta Tunnel
West entrance to the Malinta Tunnel	History of the Malinta Tunnel, Corregidor	Map of the Malinta Tunnel complex, Corregidor	The Malinta Hill, Corregidor