Here is Clint in the back seat of our car as we just picked him up
at the airport! Yea!! He is really here!!
Corregidor Island
This is our boat ride to Corregidor Island. President takes every
opportunity he can to get some sleep in... :-) Clint's always
networking! The Packers are just chillin'...enjoying the break!:-)
My chair in the middle was very uncomfortable...no back support
...so I stood up most of the trip.
Here is a friend I met...Sister Jensen. She and her husband are
missionaries in the Quezon City mission. They were going to visit
Corregidor also. They were with 6 or 7 other couples from their
mission!
Here we are with Clint on the tram-bus to tour Corregidor. This
island was a very important battleground during World War II.
This is the "Malinta Tunnel" that was built to protect them from
the bombing, etc. It was pretty much bomb proof until after the
Japanese took it over...When the US came back and were about
to take it back they set off bombs inside and did a lot of damage.
This is Carlos, our tour guide...
It's pretty dark in the tunnel...
Here we have a little light!
This is a sign outside one of the lateral tunnels... Obviously it has
been repainted.
This was the lateral tunnel "hospital" depiction.
Here is another lateral tunnel...
Another one.
This is a lateral tunnel that hasn't been fixed up...Sister Packer & I.
Clint is standing in an original, damaged lateral tunnel...
Here is Clint at the back side of the tunnel as we had just come out.
This is a small monument at the base of an American flag pole. It
has the names of all the women who served as nurses in the US
Army and Navy corps. It reads, "To The Angels". In honor of
valiant American military women who gave so much of
themselves in the early days of World War II. They provided
comfort to the gallant defenders of Bataan and Corregidor.
They lived on starvation diet, shared the bombing, shafing,
sniping, sickness and disease while working endless hours of
heartbreaking duty. These nurses always had a smile, a tender
touch and a kind word for their patients. They truly earned
the name...The Angels of Bataan and Corregidor. Our guide
said that when things were getting bad, they try to get the
nurses to leave for their safety...but they would not leave
their duty. An amazing story!
A statue of MacArthur with his famous statement
and declaration..."I Shall Return!" And he did!!
Clint is a good sport to take pictures with me. Here we are
standing in front of some bombed out barracks on Corregidor!
Here we are by one of the artillery guns. They had several of them
and they sure are big!
Clint took this picture of me at the end of a very long gun! I wish
I would have taken a side-view shot so you could see it!
Here is Elder Packer, President and Clint by a very big one!
Here it is from the other side of it...
This is Elder and Sister Packer checking out the weapons
storage barrack.
Here is Clint standing by some of the barracks ruins.
This, we were told, was where the officers went during a raid...
Apparently it is a tunnel leading to a big room down there.
More of the Barracks ruins. The guide said that they had a tennis
court, bowling alley, golf course, etc. to help them stay active and
feel somewhat normal when they had the time.
More of the Barracks...
They even had a movie theater...Here are the remains of that!
This memorial depicts (the statue) an American soldier helping his
Filipino soldier comrade. The white dome behind them represents
a parachute. This the place where the American soldiers came
back to Corregidor...by parachute.
This is a picture of what we were told were the barracks for the
married officers...
This is a picture looking out over the "tail" of the island of
Corregidor.
Here is a picture I took of a picture in the museum there. You
can see actual soldiers in one of those lateral tunnels in the big
Malinta Tunnel.
This is General Wainwright announcing the US surrendering to the
Japanese. He is the one MacArthur left behind and in charge.
This is a picture of MacAurther back on Corregidor. The war
was ended. The US and the Philippines took back Corregidor!
US/Philippines Military Cemetery
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Now here we are at the US/Philippines Military Cemetery. Clint
and Dad standing among the rows of crosses were more than
17,000 soldiers are buried.
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This is a great picture with Clint...Showing the magnitude of the
many graves. This is just one side of the cemetery.
