GOING ASHORE

Again, this is not Corregidor. The shallow water extends too far from the beach. The water depth at Corregidor was sufficient to allow LST's to approach the beach. The pictured beach itself has plush vegetation, certainly not a feature of Black Beach or Bottomside, which were entirely denuded. 

 

 

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