Concrete Battleship aka Fort Drum (El Fraile Island)

[mio]

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Huba huba!

[elvandesantos]

biliba nako sa Foundation sa structura oe.. Dagko baya kaau nag balod dira per hangtod karun naka survive gihapun..

and for the record.. wa sad ko naka agi ani sa bisag unsa na History Class / Lesson..

it survived a 150mm artillery and 240mm siege howitzers... those waves are nothing..

"Overhead protection of the fort was provided by a 18ft. thick steel-reinforced concrete deck.The exterior concrete walls of the fort were to be 25-to-60-foot-thick (7.6 to 18 )

[kageron]

walay namatay sud sa el frile grabeha ka durable.

[bofox44]

I learned something today.

Nice find.

[windshock]

interesting spot

[unagikabayaki]

Best in social studies ko sa una pero karon pako nakabaw ani (or maybe nalimtan na)...nice read, again another interesting post by Deadstring !

[cidyot]

if this was not in our social studies, then probably this is not a factor in our history.

[elvandesantos]

if this was not in our social studies, then probably this is not a factor in our history.

this was one of the primary defense post for the corrigidor island itself. without it, that island would easily be captured. and without corrigidor island.. it is impossible to defend the the american-pinoy soldiers in bataan.

[cidyot]

this was one of the primary defense post for the corrigidor island itself. without it, that island would easily be captured. and without corrigidor island.. it is impossible to defend the the american-pinoy soldiers in bataan.

there could be an alternate route. Still, I have to dig some history documentation on that date 1941 to the later. There would be a reason why it was not included on our history subjects otherwise there was a hidden agenda to it..

before i forget, nice post TS.

[kit_cebu]

it survived a 150mm artillery and 240mm siege howitzers... those waves are nothing..

probably because noodles are the only ones made in china back then...

anyway, grabe ka-lig-on ni...i wish i could've known this when i was in manila...suroyon gyud nako ni...