Caballo Isl.-Ft. Hughes – Page 2

Media Category: Caballo Isl.-Ft. Hughes

The island was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command.

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Zf186. Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, pins the Silver Star medal on Machinist N. G. Cucinello, USN, during the commissioning ceremonies of USS Iowa (BB-61), 22 February 1943, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Machinist Cucinello, a member of the Iowa crew, was awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in scuttling USS […]

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Zf185. Navy Cross awarded to Lt. Cmdr. Jack Morrill for his heroic action during the Japanese bombing of the Cavite Navy Yard in Dec. 1941, click here: The Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander John Henry Morrill, United States Navy, for […]

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Zf184. USS Quail AM-15 from the this Navy source webpage, click here:

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Zf183. USS Quail in the Philippines; U.S. Navy photo from the January 1986 edition of All Hands magazine

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Zf140.- High resolution image of the Fleet Waiting Room in the Olongapo Naval Station in the Philippines; view 1. This is a very unique image of the Olongapo U.S. Naval Port; it is pre-war but was published in a post war collection of the “Pictorial History of Second World War”. The bottom part of the […]

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Zd153. Flickr 030. SWPA-Sig C-45-13568 27th March 1945, SC-264142. Naval shelling/bombardment of Caballo Island. This is the description for the previous image # Flickr 129.

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Zd152. Flickr 029. SWPA-Sig C-45-13568 27th March 1945. Naval shelling/bombardment of Caballo Island. The description for this picture is presented in the next image # Flickr 130.