There are all kinds of big guns. Some of these were brought here to defend the island from the Japanese. Others were installed way back in the early 1900s when the Philippines were given to the US as part of the settlement of the Spanish-American war.

We were impressed at the size of the big shells. These were set upright to show the various sizes.

Sister Roundy and a mission president's wife are standing at the back end of one of the gigantic guns. This gun could throw those enormous shells 15 miles or more out into the ocean. Corrigedor had been the main defensive island for the Philippines for Spain, then American, then Japan, then America. Now it is an historical momument.

These are anti-aircraft guns used in WWII. They probably weren't situated here during the battles; just here now on display.

This is one of the big guns installed back in the 1920s. Actually there were two similar guns. When one was fired, it would be lowered down one story to be reloaded and made ready. (That's what these missionaries are looking at, the counter weights used to raise and lower the gun.) Then while the one gun was down, the other was raised and fired.

There were guns all over the place. Some with pok marks where they had been hit by bombs and airplane fire.