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Corregidor (Fort Mills) - Historic WW II Island, dubbed "The Second Alamo"

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Corregidor, officially named Fort Mills, was the largest of four islands protecting the mouth of Manila Bay from probable attack, and was fortified prior to World War I with powerful coastal artillery. Only 3.5 miles long and 1.5 miles across at its head, the tadpole-shaped island lay two miles from Bataan. Its widest but elevated area, known as Topside, contained most of its 56 coastal artillery pieces and installations. Middleside was a small plateau containing more battery positions as well as barracks. Bottomside was the low ground where a dock area and the civilian town of San Jose was located. (Taken from http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?ti tle=Battle_of_Corregidor) (Maps courtesy of Wikipedia)

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    • photo of cleis1
    • sooo superb, Markus

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    • 2011.07.23 at 22:21:30 PDT

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