Posted 9 years ago
SpiritBear
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"Philippine steamship Corregidor, crowded with about 1,200 passengers fleeing Manila for Mindanao, hits an Army mine off Corregidor and sinks with heavy loss of life. Motor torpedo boats PT-32, PT-34, and PT-35 pick up 282 survivors (196 by PT-32 alone) distributing them between Corregidor and the requisitioned French steamship Si-Kiang; seven of those rescued die of injuries suffered in the tragedy. Dr. Jurgen Rohwer, in his volume on Axis submarine successes, attributes the sinking to a mine laid by Japanese submarine I 124 on 8 December 1941 off Corregidor, P.I. Interestingly, Corregidor was formerly the British seaplane carrier HMS Engadine, which took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916."
Source:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1941.html
My newest photograph. The writer on the back spelled the ship's name wrong!
This is a photo from, likely, before the war. But I do not know when this photograph was taken.
Also, any way to safely remove the pen on the front from this glossy photo?
Edit: Photo 1 is the edited version.
Great photo and I would leave the pen mark there. That would be tough to do without causing damage.
Thank you.
I am writing a book about WW2 in the Philippines, I would possibly like to use your picture of the SS CORREGIDOR.
Do I have your permission &, if so, how do I cite you as a reference?
Thank you.
Dr. Kenneth J. Berger
I would be greatly honoured. I will take a better photo if I can tomorrow, and I will see if my computer programs can possibly hide some of the damage.
Keep this post handy.
I'm Robert Zavitz-- just a 19-year-old in Michigan. I guess it would just be, "From the collection of Robert Zavitz." That's how I usually see things.
Good luck with your book. I will include the photo link tomorrow or the next day.
Robert,
I'll let you know if I use it.
Thanks,
Ken Berger
Ken, here is the best I can do to "hide" the damage:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TFNIG-Qw9bF4G1Xfoqr4FajFlYUmySa3wMFR7w-wprHvnYaO5dEifusX0eXxc6nBDHSN-g=w866-h549-no
Robert,
Unfortunately I was not able to use your picture in my book. If I had included it (in the appropriate place), it would have totally thrown off the book's arrangement. I tried tried but no luck. I should be coming out with a second edition in 2-3 years. I'll try again to use it at that time.
Regards,
Ken
It's fine. Thanks for telling me.
Robert,
It turns out that I will be including an addendum with my book. This addendum will be on a CD (rather than in print). It will contain additional information which I obtained after the book had gone to the printer. I plan to include your picture in the addendum with proper credit given to you. If you send me your email, I will send you a copy of the addendum as an attachment when I have it.
Ken
Thank you kindly. My secondary email is MalemuteKid36@gmail.com