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The debris from constant bombardment gave Malinta Hill the appearance of
a moonscape. On the western side, the fractured rock was more than fifty
feet deep in places. The extent of the landslide which cut the south
road, killing six men, can be seen. The hill is still so fractured that
area is prone, even today, to landslides.
Malinta Hill bisected Corregidor and prevented any Japanese
reinforcements from moving towards Topside.
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Under MALINTA HILL, which BLT #3 had held and sat on for days were vast
stores of Jap supplies of all kinds. The demolition of these supplies
must have been quite thorough, in the soul-shattering explosions that
shook the island's roots. It was a staggering loss to the enemy - a
priceless prize for the battalion team.
Consider this itemized list, translated from a document captured by BLT
3.
TYPE ROUNDS TYPE ROUNDS
TYPE ROUNDS
|
37mm |
15900 |
|
3" AP |
730 |
|
TNT rnd |
140 |
|
3" Naval |
2020 |
|
3" mortar |
48 |
|
Inf gun rds |
29997 |
|
3" AP |
850 |
|
8" pwdr ch |
315 |
|
Mort pwd bxes |
25000 |
|
155mm |
6967 |
|
12" mort pwd ch |
903 |
|
M89 mort |
953 |
|
155mm How |
9594 |
|
Dual act fuse |
1600 |
|
" tracers |
997 |
|
8" |
161 |
|
Cntct fuz |
22450 |
|
" Pwd chg |
2000 |
|
12" mortar |
278 |
|
Cntct fuz M46 |
10246 |
|
M88 cntct fuz |
2760 |
|
12" rifle |
400 |
|
Time " M47 |
4400 |
|
" time fuz |
7100 |
|
14" " |
227 |
|
Onesn fuz |
15600 |
|
M90 dbl act fuz |
2000 |
|
155 pwdr chgs |
1052 |
|
Frctn fuz |
14980 |
|
M91 presn fuz |
2000 |
|
8" " " |
231 |
|
Elect fuz |
340 |
|
M98 elect fuz |
200 |
|
10" " " |
303 |
|
Blk pwdr ch lb |
160 |
|
M 97 mine fuz |
1820 |
|
12" mort chgs |
802 |
|
Line fuz (ft) |
33600 |
|
M1 ln fuz (mtr) |
1500 |
|
12" rifle " |
15 |
|
50 cal AP |
4900 |
|
M95 fuze |
3500 |
|
Contact fuze |
|
|
25 cal |
243720 |
|
M97 ln fuz (mtr) |
1500 |
|
(35 model) |
64550 |
|
Juki ammo |
760000 |
|
M93 flm trcr |
|
|
(46 model) |
20000 |
|
Juki tracer |
300000 |
|
igntr |
4500 |
|
Time fuse M4 |
16100 |
|
Juki AP |
279000 |
|
M93 tnk mine |
2900 |
|
" " Mst |
17900 |
|
Maki LMG |
200000 |
|
M99 AP mine |
700 |
|
" " M47 |
14637 |
|
Juki mob mt |
200000 |
|
M99 expsve |
100 |
|
155 rds |
374 |
|
M97 MG |
1000 |
|
1 klgrm atk, exp |
396 |
|
10" rds |
103 |
|
M94 37mm |
5700 |
|
M 10 mort |
|
|
6" rif pwd ch |
738 |
|
" " AP |
12000 |
|
Various flares |
3985 |
|
155mm pwd ch |
4267 |
|
37mm tnk gun |
9098 |
|
|
|
|
155 tracer |
3138 |
|
" " AP |
9096 |
|
|
|
|
155 act fuz |
3625 |
|
47mm tnk gun |
7000 |
|
|
|
|
Prcssn fuz |
18957 |
|
" AP |
7000 |
|
|
|
|
frctn fuz |
26454 |
|
M92 Inf gun |
25996 |
|
|
|
|
Elect fuz |
900 |
|
M90 Fld gun |
5000 |
|
|
|
|
" mines |
900 |
|
" tracers |
2000 |
|
|
|
|
Blk pwdr (lb) |
7550 |
|
M41 Mt gun |
10000 |
|
|
|
|
Fuz (ft) |
50000 |
|
M91 mort rds |
9389 |
|
|
|
|
75mm rds |
61 |
|
" " " |
14996 |
|
|
|
|
155 how |
2533 |
|
Hand grnds |
93730 |
|
|
|
|
TNT (lb) |
2094 |
|
M38 mort rds |
74589 |
|
|
|
|
50 cal |
22960 |
|
M91 " " |
6998 |
|
|
|
|
" " |
2100 |
|
" tracers |
4586 |
|
|
|
|
37mm |
4560 |
|
" chgs |
11864 |
|
|
|
|
75mm shrap |
9125 |
|
M4 morts (pc) |
2 |
|
|
|
|
" AP |
31822 |
|
Mine fuz |
2900 |
|
|
|
|
3" shrap |
1500 |
|
TNT blk (kgm) |
1300 |
|
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And there should be another detail, too, of things destroyed by BLT #3
in these 10 days, and lost to the enemy forever.
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Sdon't
forget there's two commendationsm |
