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PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PACIFIC BATTLEFIELDS OF WWII AND ONLINE WORLD WAR II RESOURCES

Philippines New Guinea Guadalcanal Tarawa New Britain Truk Lagoon Saipan Peleliu Guam Iwo Jima Okinawa Tinian
The Philippines

There is nothing so subject
to the inconstancy of fortune
as war.

Miguel De Cervantes

FROM THE INTRODUCTORY NARRATIVE:

"...MacArthur commanded the garrison in the Philippines...It was less, much less, than his finest hour. He allowed his airpower to be caught on the ground and destroyed by the Japanese. Invading forces -- in some places weaker than his own -- consolidated and exploited the Allies's retreat to pockets on the fortress of Corregidor and in the Bataan Peninsula..." READ MORE

WWII Philippines photo, Battery SmithWWII Philippines photo, Fort BonafacioWWII Philippines photo, Mile-Long Barracks






Battery SmithFort Bonafacio in Infrared"Mile-Long" Barracks

WWII Philippines photo, Battery HearnWWII Philippines photo, Battery GrubbsWWII Philippines photo, Fort Drum






Battery HearnBattery GrubbsFort Drum

WWII Philippines photo, North Exit Malinta TunnelWWII Philippines photo, Lateral N-1 Malinta TunnelWWII Philippines photo, Fort Bonafacio color photograph






North Exit / Malinta TunnelLateral N-1 / Malinta TunnelFort Bonafacio
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