2. PHILIPPINES: Island of Luzon. Destroyed gun of the former fortress of Corregidor. Here the American troops defended themselves during WWII against the superior Japanese forces before they surrendered. Sammer 9980.
2. PHILIPPINES: Island of Luzon. Destroyed gun of the former fortress of Corregidor. Here the American troops defended themselves during WWII against the superior Japanese forces before they surrendered. Sammer 9980.
Creator
Three Lions / Sammer, Siegfried
Date created
circa 1945-1950s
Accession No.
OFI-001035
Format
Photograph, black & white.
Location
OFI-001001 to OFI-001100\OFI-001035.jpg
Notes
Visitors inspect a destroyed coastal artillery gun at Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. A disappearing gun, a gun mounted on a disappearing carriage, is an obsolete type of artillery which enabled a gun to hide from direct fire and observation.
Type
Photograph, B/W, trimmed/no border, glossy.
Medium
1 photographic print : sheet 18 x 23 cm.
Subject 1
Fort Mills (Corregidor Island, Philippines).
Subject 2
Gun-carriages, Disappearing.
Subject 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction & pillage -- Philippines -- Corregidor Island.
Actual Image Location
Box No. 2, Historical No. 3
Call number
OFI-001035