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By 14 April, all of Corregidor's north shore batteries were out of action. On 29 April, two Navy [[PBY]]s flew out 50 nurses and headquarters staff.<ref name=hb/>
Moore, a 1908 graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now [[Texas A&M University]]), then gathered the names of 25 other Aggies – as the school's students, alumni and athletic teams of the school are known – under his command with the help of Major Tom Dooley of A&M's class of 1935. On 21 April, Moore held a muster, or military roll call, calling the names of each of the Aggies under his command.<ref name="Emerald"/><ref>{{citation|last=Tutt|first=Bob|title=Enemy shells at Corregidor couldn't stop Aggie Muster|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=April 16, 1994|accessdate=2007-08-16|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1994_1196332}}</ref> In 1889, Texas A&M administrators had declared that that date – [[San Jacinto Day]] in Texas, the anniversary of the [[Battle of San Jacinto]] whereby Texas gained its independence from Mexico – would be a school holiday, and it had evolved into a day for current students and alumni to gather wherever they were. Dooley told a [[United Press]] correspondent about the gathering, and the reporter sent an article back to the United States about the 25 Aggies who had "Mustered". Although the Aggies on Corregidor did not physically gather for Muster, stories were widely published celebrating their heroic assembly in an island tunnel including yelling and singing of songs about Texan independence. Only 12 of the 25 would survive the battle and the subsequent POW camps.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Aggies of Corregidor |url=https://www.aggienetwork.com/corregidor/ |publisher=The Association of Former Students |access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>
On 24 April, Battery Crockett's guns were hit and put out of action. On 1 May, the Japanese bombardment increased, concentrating on landing sites. On 2 May, 3600 240mm shells fell on Batteries Cheney and Geary, and Battery Geary's magazine detonated, putting all eight guns out of action. The bombardment continued over the next three days.<ref name=bm/>{{rp|33}}
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