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Mcallen Daily Press
Mcallen, Hidalgo County, Texas
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Lieut. Col. Walter J. Clear revealed that Corregidor's defenders fought Japanese in exposed positions, not underground shelters, with guns in the open. The USS Trout delivered ammunition through a blockade in February.
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Corregidor's Shelters Are Imaginary—Clear
WASHINGTON, May 11-(UP)—Most of the defenders of Corregidor battled the Japanese for months in exposed positions—not in underground shelters as has been popularly supposed.
This was revealed last night by Lieut. Col. Walter J. Clear in a radio interview. Clear returned to Washington from Corregidor about a month ago.
The much talked of underground shelters and great tunnels of the "rock" were largely imaginary, he said. He said that:
All of the Fort's 12-inch guns and most of its three-inch anti-aircraft guns were in the open and had to be served by men in the open, thus making them easy subjects for Japanese attack.
Clear also disclosed that the U. S. submarine Trout sneaked through a Japanese blockade around Corregidor during February to deliver a quantity of badly-needed 3-inch anti-aircraft ammunition with mechanical fuses.
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Corregidor
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During February
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underground shelters largely imaginary; guns exposed to attack; submarine delivered ammunition through blockade
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Defenders battled Japanese in exposed positions for months, not in supposed underground shelters. Fort's 12-inch guns and most 3-inch anti-aircraft guns were in the open, served by men exposed to attack. USS Trout submarine delivered needed 3-inch anti-aircraft ammunition with mechanical fuses through Japanese blockade around Corregidor in February.