Top Side Parade Ground Corregidor

Now a national park in the Philippines, Corregidor was once the lynchpin of American defenses in Asia.

Visitors can exhibit an open air display of weaponry at Top Side Parade Ground. Adjacent to the parade ground is a small museum that tells the story of the island, from a Spanish fortress to the American Gibraltar.

"At 12:44 p.m. on the 16th [February 1945], Captain Hudson Hill's plane was over Wheeler Battery, the "Go" point for his single-filed string of C47 Transports. He counted seven seconds to allow for the strong wind blowing directly into the flight path, but it turned out that seven seconds were not enough. Hill landed on a ruin southwest of the Corregidor's old parade ground." - Excerpts authored by Edward M. Flanagan, Jr. WORLD WAR II Magazine, July 1988

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Source

• Text: Matthew Stevenson
• Photos: Matthew Stevenson
• Edward M. Flanagan, Jr. WORLD WAR II Magazine, July 1988