War Memories, WWII
On a more serious positive note 🙂 LOL..(which happened in reality and in history by the way)..These photos are part of my trip down in southeast asia..of what was left from WWII..battery of canons, tunnels, barracks, ruins, canteen flasks etc…the whole island is a museum.
These “disappearing canons” were part of the fortifications done by us, Americans between 1922-1932 @ Batterry Geary and battery Crockett in Isla del Corregidor.
According to the war plan, these forts were supposed to be able to make a six-month stand. The fortifications were designed solely to beat off a seaborne attack. When our military planners realized that airplanes would one day render Fort Mills obsolete, the U.S. was restricted from improving the fortifications by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
Battery Geary was a battery of eight 13-ton, 12-inch mortars. This battery, when pinpointed by the Japanese, was subjected to heavy shelling. One direct hit by a 240-mm shell, which detonated the magazines of this battery in May 1942, proved to be the most crippling shot during the entire siege. This shelling tossed the mortars around, one to a distance of 150 yards (140 m), another was blown through three feet of reinforced concrete wall into the adjoining powder magazine of Battery Crockett. Large chunks of steel were blown as far as the Malinta Tunnel, killing 27 of the battery crew instantly. Also, one mortar still had a live round in its breech, and it was in the process of firing the shell when the magazine was hit.
Talk about the price of freedom.
The 45 star American flag was adopted after Utah became a US State. The flag went unchanged for 12 years, from July 4th, 1896 to July 3rd, 1908, when Oklahoma became a state.
“We shall not forget”. In honor of our fallen soldiers.
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I saw this animated (albeit no longer so) ad on our own favorite MCS and thought it was another “Will it take off?” picture. Now it is.
Transformers 1 DVD transforming case
Picked this up at 7-11 on my way home from work today. Now I get to see it before I see transformers 2.
Michael Jackson – Best Hoax Ever
Just imagine going to Michael Jackson\’s funeral, closed casket. Then about half way through the service you hear the voice of Vincent Price, coffin pops open MJ jumps out zombie dancers come out from the back room and they act out the Thriller dance. Would be the best funeral ever.
