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The size of this tunnel, and
the position of the blast screen, suggests that this may
be the eastern entrance of Malinta Tunnel. It is most-likely
staged.
After most of the POW's were
moved off the island, the Japanese assembled two work details
on the island. One group was kept on the lower level of the hospital
and did some heavy work, i.e. replacing the gun tube on Btry. Hearn,
cannibalising Morrisons 6" guns to replace defective parts on Btry.
Ramsey's guns.
The other detail, which did
less skilled work, was kept at Malinta Tunnel and went out on work
details from there, salvaging scrap metal for transport to Japan.
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