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Corregidor is a tadpole-like island at the mouth of Manila Bay. Strategically located, it is but understandable to be built as a fortress by the Spanish/Americans as a first line of naval defense to Manila during their colonizing days.
To American, Filipino & Japanese soldiers in World War II who fought in the Pacific, Corregidor was a grim reminder of the cruelty and unnecessary loss of lives brought about by any war.
The island now is a place of peace and friendship. There's the Fil-Am Friendship Park >> Brothers in Arms and the Japanese Garden Of Peace in the island.
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| Corregidor Seaport - view from the Hotel |
|  | BROTHERS-IN-ARMS - Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day you'll return to Your valleys and your farms And you'll no longer burn To be brothers in arm.
Through these fields of destruction Baptism of fire I've watched all your suffering As the battles raged higher |
|  | And though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms
There's so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones Now the sun's gone to hell And the moon's riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But it's written in the starlight And every line on your palm WE'RE FOOLS TO MAKE WAR ON OUR BROTHERS IN ARMS! |
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| In A Nutshell: | ""I don't wanna be a soldier, mama. I don't wanna die" - John Lennon" |
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shikokuzen Sun May 21, 2006 02:03 UTC Hello Boyet...wow..emotional memories came flooding back....wasn't as pretty and clean 36 years ago...glad to see it has been made a mjor tour destination......a fond memory was skinny dipping off the dock..remembered that too!!!!!! | i-s-a Thu Apr 27, 2006 03:52 UTC ganun ba? ask ko sa bro ko, galing sila corregidor 2 weeks ago ;0) malabo ako sa vt meet may pasok na yun eh. nag-aaya si lili sa villa escudero...tingnan ko pa. yung orion visit transferred to june ha? musta kay heart and thanks thanks sa ratings ;0). | kiwi Tue Dec 27, 2005 09:32 UTC I'm enjoying your style of writing and especially your family travel. And it was nice to read how a fellow VTer had helped you with her tips. great page!! |
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