Destruction of Fortifications on Caballo Island Fort Drum Concrete Battleship
US Army engineers burn out Japanese fortifications on Caballo Island and the concrete battleship Fort Drum in Manila Bay, Philippines in 1945. 113th Battalion engineers lay a pipeline up the side of a hill on Caballo Island and pump a fuel mixture into the fortifications and proceed to burn out the enemy soldiers. On Fort Drum (El Fraile Island), 38th Division infantry engineers use a hose to pump the mixture into air vents and 600 lbs. of TNT is used to destroy the soldiers who have refused to surrender
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