Fort Drum; Cavite; Philippines
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Date: 12 April 1945
Location: Fort Drum; Cavite; Philippines
Coordinates (lat, lon): 14.303725, 120.630772
Description: NARA Catalogue
Oblique aerial photograph taken facing South.
Fort Drum was one of a chain of forts built by the US military to defend Manila Bay. This 'concrete battleship' was the last American unit in the Philippines to fall to the Japanese in May 1942. In January 1945 it was recaptured, and destroyed internally, by US troops who ignited a gasoline mixture they had poured into the fort.
Location: Fort Drum; Cavite; Philippines
Coordinates (lat, lon): 14.303725, 120.630772
Description: NARA Catalogue
Oblique aerial photograph taken facing South.
Fort Drum was one of a chain of forts built by the US military to defend Manila Bay. This 'concrete battleship' was the last American unit in the Philippines to fall to the Japanese in May 1942. In January 1945 it was recaptured, and destroyed internally, by US troops who ignited a gasoline mixture they had poured into the fort.
Sortie: 5M/0102/C/13
Frame: 0030
Corporate bodies: 110th (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron (USAAF).
Frame: 0030
Corporate bodies: 110th (Tactical Reconnaissance) Squadron (USAAF).
Image type: Oblique