

Captured with a Nikon Coolpix 2500 in Corregidor on Monday, 15 September 2003 11:43 am
A marvel of American Engineering
There are four 12-inch mortars like this on Battery Way. Completed in
1913 after almost 10 years. Capable of firing up to 14,610 yards in any
direction at a rate of one round per minute per mortar. April 28, 1941
during the height of the second World War, three of the serviceable
mortars were used to combat the Japanese. On May 2, two of the mortars
were hit and finally on May 6, after 12 hours of continuous fighting the
last mortar froze tight. It was the last of Corregidor's "concrete
artillery" to cease firing before the surrender.
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