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cr400
      
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|  | | | This post was to be about an abandoned military K9 cemetery.....
Seems nobody had forgotten about these soldiers, the place was very nice.
This is to honor all of our service Men, Women, and Non human also.
Thank you all for protecting us here at home.
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You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
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Fusspot
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Bay Area, CA
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Because... REASONS!
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<Reply # 1 on 5/31/2011 2:19 AM >
| | | | Very cool that they were remembered as well. Thanks for sharing!
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madcap
Gender: Male
not that kind of doctor
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<Reply # 2 on 5/31/2011 3:45 AM >
| | | | nice set. it's great to more of the old coastal defenses. thanks for sharing these.
-madcap
i am the other yourself.
"Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors. The voice might be one and the same. I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be." http://www.flickr....orers/collections/ |
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Aleksandar
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United States
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your darkest shadow, my oldest friend; the world's become ashes, this is the end.
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<Reply # 3 on 5/31/2011 5:00 AM >
| | | | awesome -- very worthy post 
Freedom breeds war; and Peace, slavery. So it shall be forevermore: Men who love freedom buy it with their lives, and lovers of peace with their freedom. |
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RomanKam
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Los Angeles
Gender: Male
Allison's Gulch
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<Reply # 4 on 6/4/2011 5:02 AM >
| | | | I have a lot of history with this place. I was exploring it before it became a museum. The cemetery is something new.
Man builds, man abandons, we EXPLORE! |
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cr400
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Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 5 on 6/4/2011 5:56 AM >
| | | | Roman, you must be an old geezer like I am if you were exploring this before it was a museum?
I had read that the K9 cemetary was vandalized and overgrown, so I was shocked, but pleased to see it was nice and clean.
It was however locked up tight, it might have been cleaned up just prior to Memorial day?
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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WEKurtz
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Western MA
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 6 on 6/4/2011 12:27 PM >
| | | | Beauty location, thoughtfully photographed. Thanks
P.S. Someday post a set without a fkn palm tree!. (California dreaming).
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cr400
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Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Dogs of war.
<Reply # 7 on 6/4/2011 2:54 PM >
| | | | Posted by WEKurtz
Beauty location, thoughtfully photographed. Thanks
P.S. Someday post a set without a fkn palm tree!. (California dreaming).
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I was gonna post one of me with a full erection and an American flag flying from it.
I figured that was to disrespectful, plus I couldn't find a flag small enough...........
You can see a million miles tonite, but you can't get very far.
Honorary member of UER lifetime acheivement award winning, 2Xplorations and Guide Services, Texas. |
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DanWhitham
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Providence, RI.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 8 on 6/4/2011 3:39 PM >
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RomanKam
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Los Angeles
Gender: Male
Allison's Gulch
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<Reply # 9 on 3/3/2012 3:02 AM >
| | | | Here's a picture of the pop-up gun that fits in the #1 picture of the post. This gun has a broken bracket at the back, damaged from war. Note the bullet marks on the tube. This picture is in the Philippines on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. You can search images in Google to find a lot of tourist shots. They kept their guns in place as it's part of history. We removed ours in San Pedro, Oahu and other areas for scrap metal since they were never used in wartime. So all we have is a big circular cement pattern to look at.
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/-/ooligan
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Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
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<Reply # 10 on 3/3/2012 10:22 PM >
| | | | Posted by RomanKam
This picture is in the Philippines on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. You can search images in Google to find a lot of tourist shots. They kept their guns in place as it's part of history. We removed ours in San Pedro, Oahu and other areas for scrap metal since they were never used in wartime. So all we have is a big circular cement pattern to look at.
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Well, they kept their (*our*) guns in-place because at least some of the batteries remained in a caretaker status, and many were in very remote areas. Then starting I think in the 1990s or 200os the Philippine gov't realized that these old Japanese & US fortifications & gun emplacements were tourist attractions -- military historians from the USA, etc. were shelling out big bucks to come to the Philippines for a week or two.
Unfortunately, I guess over the past decade or so, some of the locals have been stealing some of the remains for scrap-metal value.
Here in the USA, Battery Townsley at Fort Cronkhite (Harbor Defenses of San Francisco) should be 're-armed' with a 16" gun tube this year.
Here's my photo of the gun tube as it sits in the Nevada desert.
And on an equally important note, the Presidio of San Francisco Army Post did have an unofficial pet cemetery, the use of which has expanded after the post closed:
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