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 Articles of  Historic Interest

BATTLE OF MANILA OFFICER COUNTRY

  - Surfing the web for materials on Corregidor, it's almost impossible not to come across a lot of historic photographs of pre-war Manila and the aftermath of the Battle for Manila. We've gathered 25 views here.      

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 HISTORIC CORREGIDOR JUMPSTATION

 -A series of 20 photographs highlighting people, places and personalities of Historic Corregidor, this feature replaces the Historic Corregidor and Round Table photo series.   Each page can be jumped to from the main photo page. We also introduce the PhotoZone Navigation System. Click on graphic to read more.
THE CORREGIDOR RAILWAY SYSTEM THE CORREGIDOR RAILWAY SYSTEM

 - Tony Feredo introduces us to the railway system of pre-war Corregidor.  
THE CORREGIDOR TRAMWAY

 

 THE CORREGIDOR TRAMWAY  - Article by the late Ralph Forty, originally published in Modern Tramway (1969).
G.I.'s PHILIPPINE SCRAPBOOK THE LEAN YEARS

  - What you'll see in a G.I.'s scrapbook of his time in Manila, 1945.
The Lean Years THE LEAN YEARS

  - Colonel Paschal N. Strong  tells how Malinta Tunnel was built by murderers with obsolete 'borrowed' machinery and condemned TNT. The article has been recently updated with some of Richard Marin's hauntingly beautiful photographic interpretations of Malinta Tunnel.
LOST CORREGIDOR THE LEAN YEARS

 - The Home Front Life Before WW2. There is more to Corregidor defeat, surrender and vindication. It symbolizes war’s duality - destruction and creativity, brutality and comradeship, inhumanity and humanity, yes.  But before all of this, before World War II, it was an idyllic place for the Army families who lived there.  This is Selma Harrison Calmes'  pictorial story of that other lost Corregidor. 
LOST CORREGIDOR (PART II)
THE HOME FRONT		 THE LEAN YEARS

 - Selma Harrison Calmes takes a fresh look at particular aspects of life on Corregidor before World War II, through her family’s eyes. (Part 2)
LOST CORREGIDOR (PART III)
DOCKSIDE

 

 THE LEAN YEARS - Photographs taken pre-war at North Docks - the Mineplanter USAMP Harrison - Submarines at North Dock
 

     
The Officers' Guide 1941 OFFICERS GUIDE

 - It is 1941, and you are on your way to your first posting at Fort Mills.  Here are your travellers tips on the best way to prepare for your posting. 
 OFFICER COUNTRY  

- Round table on pre-war appointments of U.S. Army Officers to the Philippine Islands.

ARTIFACTS PAGES FOUND ON CORREGIDOR - A collection of items from private collections, from Corregidor's past . You are encouraged to contribute a scan, or a comment better identifying the pictured item.