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| Battery
Grubbs - A wide-angled view of Battery Grubbs shows gives us a good idea
of how the complex's layout looks. From this vantage point atop the roof
deck, we see see one of the "disappearing guns* lying next to its concrete-and-steel
base. The Japanese eventually tried to put this battery's 10-inch guns back
in commission, but their attempts were thwarted by heavy U.S. artillery
and aerial bombardment. The roofdeck affords tourists a picturesque view
of the tip of the Bataan peninsula. *These were called Disappearing Guns because of their ability to pivot up and over the concrete parapets, thusshielding it from bombardment. The barrels would swing up to fire, and then retract to their original, protected positions. |
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text and images are from the Corregidor Island Souvenir E-Book
Copyright 20020-2004, Jose Ma. N. Ramos