Corregidor Island Tour Manila Bay

Pictures from my tour of Corregidor Island (Fort Mills).  Wikipedia has a good write up on it if you want more info.  Corregidor was the last hold out during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.  It was bombed and shelled, first by the Japanese, and then by the Allied forces when it was retaken. 

This is Battery Hearn.  It was the largest battery on the island.  Similar to a battleship gun.  It survived the Japanese bombardment but was damaged by the Allied bombing before the re-capture of Corrigidor.

Magazine and infrastructure for the Battery

This is why I always carry a flashlight.  Tour guide said, go on in, if you have a light.  He wasn't expecting anyone to have one! Lots of damage from shelling and time.

Battery Hearn's 12 inch gun.  Crater from the bomb that knocked the gun out can be seen on the lower left.

You can see the damage to the base plate of the gun as well as some damage to the barrel from bombing

Batter Way.It was one of two batteries that was effective.  The Japanese artillery was located in Bataan on the backside of the mountains.  Only the mortars could strike back and drop rounds on the backside of the mountains.  

Door damage from shrapnel from being shelled.

"Eternal Flame" memorial at Topside (highest point of the island).  Part of the Pacific War Memorial on Corregidor.

 Flag that was flown over Corregidor

View from Topside.  You can see the Malinta Tunnel entrance in the lower center of the pic

View of the "tail"of the island

Beach and pier where Mac Arthur left Corregidor

Malinta Tunnel Info. 

Some lateral tunnels that were damaged.  I really wanted to explore them, but the guides didn't think it was a good idea!

One of the tunnel entrances

Here you can see how far underground the tunnel was.  Made it "bomb proof"at least at the time.

 Some restored/undamaged lateral tunnels set up to show how they were used.

Main tunnel