UNDERGROUND BUNKERS
The red ovals show the location of underground bomb shelters that were built soon after the attack on Aruba by U-156. Most of these bunkers were filled in after World War II but maybe a couple are still open. If you go exploring and find one of these bunkers filled in, or open, please send me a description and photo if possible, I will post it on this page. Thanks, Dan Jensen, dje9537459@austin.rr.com
These were holes dug in the coral, about 10ft. by 25ft. by 10 ft. deep, with steps down and a steel door into the bunker. A concrete bench ran around three sides of the room. There was no electric light in the bunker.
The bomb shelters, noted on the map, are underground, as opposed to above ground, as show. Left, steel shell before sandbags were added, right, after sandbags were packed around the steel shell. The steel shell left was probable placed in the hole underground and then concrete poured over the shell and steps added.
As a child I remember playing in the underground bomb shelter shown at location # 9 which was on the next road up. I never remember having to go into the shelter during the war but for a couple of years after the war they remained and we played in them.
