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re: Another Aggie In Iconic Corregidor Photo Identified
Posted by Aggie Network on 2/20/17 at 9:00 am
Important to clarify: the photo is NOT from the 1942 Muster at Corregidor. It is post-war, 1946.
Those men in 1942 were under constant bombardment and they weren't about to gather in the open and pose for a photo. A couple of dozen Aggies participated in that Muster. An AP reporter was present and got out a story about the Muster; that story spread nationwide and made Aggie Muster famous. The island fell not long afterward, and all of those Aggies were killed or captured.
The famous Corregidor Muster is from a "Victory Muster" held at the same place in 1946, in honor of the men from 1942.
Those men in 1942 were under constant bombardment and they weren't about to gather in the open and pose for a photo. A couple of dozen Aggies participated in that Muster. An AP reporter was present and got out a story about the Muster; that story spread nationwide and made Aggie Muster famous. The island fell not long afterward, and all of those Aggies were killed or captured.
The famous Corregidor Muster is from a "Victory Muster" held at the same place in 1946, in honor of the men from 1942.
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