Corregidor Island, October, 1964 [Malinta tunnel marker] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

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Corregidor Island, October, 1964 [Malinta tunnel marker] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

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Negative taken for November 1, 1964, Arkansas Gazette article "Corregidor---A Symbol of Heroism" and November 3, 1964, Arkansas Gazette article "More on Corregidor Island and the Malinta Tunnel," 5E:2. Located 26 miles from Manila Bay in the Philippines, Corregidor Island, known as "The Rock," was the last Filipino-American bastion to fall to the Japanese in 1942. Images show the bombed-out barracks (1522.12), a lighthouse (1522.04), the Malinta Tunnel (1522.15, 1522.16, 1522.18), and other landscape and military related locations. The Malinta Tunnel served as a hospital, barracks, storehouse, repair shop, refuge and headquarters for General MacArthur during World War II.

1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 3 cm. (2 x 1 in.)

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...