"Buried Treasure: The Shanghai Bowl" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 18 Feb 2026 11:39 p.m. PST |
In 1942, as Japanese forces advanced on Corregidor, soldiers from the US Army's 31st Infantry Regiment burned the regimental battle standards and buried a silver bowl and cups. The bowl was a prized Army heirloom known as the Shanghai Bowl, and the soldiers didn't want it to fall into enemy hands… Fold3: link |
Frederick  | 19 Feb 2026 8:24 a.m. PST |
Great story – glad that they were able to find it and that it is resting in an appropriate position of honour |
| robert piepenbrink | 20 Feb 2026 2:05 p.m. PST |
Not the only time the US military has blasted terrain out of all recognition. Met a guy in the USAF History program who described hitting a terrain feature in Vietnam so hard the artillery were complaining. The hill was now so much lower it was throwing off registering the guns. "Did you get the [single] VC you were after?" I asked him. "Don't know. But at least he never came back to our base." |
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