Corregidor Island: Mile Long Barracks

I was so excited when I heard that we will visit and explore Corregidor Island, it is a new adventure and the first time on the Island. I wonder what we can see on this Island and why we would visit this Island, I supposed to search on the net but I decided not too so that I will be surprised by what I can see on this Island. I already heard that they called this Corregidor Island as Tadpole shape Island, other than that I am so strange about what is in there. Corregidor Island, locally called Isla ng Corregidor, is a lofty island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon Island in the Philippines.

To make the story short we arrived at Corregidor Island and I’m so amazed on this historical Island of the Philippines. I feel so strange to my own country when our tour was started; this Island is rich in history from Spaniards, Japanese, and Americans who became our superiors in a very long time. There are lots of historic places on the Island that I would like to share but I feel like interested in this Mile Long Barracks Corregidor Island. Being interested in this Mile Long barracks I experience like a historical reporter which I would like to know everything in this barracks. This is the info that I get to our tour guide.

Mile Long Barracks was built in 1941 and according to our tour guide also that this Mile Long Barracks covered up to 8000 American soldiers during that time and it was so named in reference to its length. This is a three-story concrete building that was constructed to be hurricane-proof. It was used for the billeting of American officers and enlisted personnel detailed at the garrison during World War II. The entire length of the building measures about 1,520 feet that it became popularly known as the world’s longest military barracks. Although it is just less than a third of a mile long, it was, however, commonly referred to as the Mile-Long Barracks. The headquarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur was also located in this building.

Because we have limited time to explore the place I don’t have too much picture inside the ruin of the Mile Long Barrack. I think this is not my first and last visit to this Island.

Corregidor Island, rocky island, strategically located at the entrance of Manila Bay, just south of Bataan province, Luzon, Philippines. It is a national shrine commemorating the battle fought there by U.S. and Filipino forces against overwhelming numbers of Japanese during World War II.

The small (2-sq-mi [5-sq-km]) island, part of the province of Cavite, has long been considered a natural fortress. The Spanish fortified it in the 18th century when it was used as a registration (Corregidor) site for ships entering the bay. After the Spanish–American War, the island became a U.S. military station and an elaborate system of tunnels.