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Subic Bay pre WWII

Zc697. This is the Spanish Gate or West Gate of the Naval Station Olongapo. We are looking west; going thru that gate takes you to the Naval Reservation Town of Olongapo. We don’t have a date for this picture but it must be pre war. That looks like garden and landscaping in front of residential […]

Subic Bay Post WWII

Zc690. The U.S. Naval Station Subic Bay in 1950, I certainly recognize the mountains behind Olongapo. Left are Kalaklan Ridge and a little right of center we are looking into the Gordon Heights Valley. This picture was provided by Bert Caloud in 2015. —————————- These are Subic Bay historical pictures I have received from my […]

Subic Bay after1980 with SECDEF C. W. Weinberger from DVIC

Zc678. ID: DNST8400322. A high-angle starboard quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) entering Subic Bay, escorted by three tugs. Those mountains in back run north from the town of Dinalupihan to Mt Pinatubo and the mountain range is called Cabusilan. One of my earliest walks was crossing those hills and I got […]

Subic Bay with CV41 after1980 from DVIC.

Zc665. ID: DNST8400333. A port quarter view of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) being maneuvered into Alava Pier by four tugs. This is a good shot into the Gordon Heights Valley. Date Shot: 14 SEP 1981 Camera Operator: PHCS STEVEN HARRIS —————————————– Page description: These pictures are about the Naval Base Subic Bay […]

Subic Bay & Olongapo 1981 from DVIC.

Zc548. DVIC ID: DNST8201704 An aerial view which includes part of the Naval Base, Subic Bay, the city of Olongapo , bottom right, and the bridge that is built over the canal to join the two communities. Date Shot: 28 AUG 1981 Camera Operator: PHC LARRY FOSTER ——————- These pictures are about the Naval Station […]

Battery Rock Point.

Zc535. The approximate location of the Battery Rock Point Panama Mount we have seen so far. This is the Rock Point area of the former Fort Mills on Corregidor Island. Battery Rock Point, 155 mm GPF gun/s on Panama Mount/s During the Corregidor Siege the entire installed stationary 155 mm GPF guns were very seldom […]

The Northcott Brothers

Zc512. Bilibid Prison in Manila from the Navy Medicine Live Blog. U. S. Navy, 3 Corpsman Brothers, Canacao Hospital, Bilibid Prison, Oryoku Maru Hell Ship This is copied from the Navy Medicine Live Blog, click here: The Saga of the Northcotts: Three Brothers at Bilibid Prison By André B. Sobocinski Historian, U.S. Navy Bureau of […]

Battery Sunset

Battery Sunset of Ft. Mills on Corregidor Island had four 155mm GPF guns, installed on Panama Mounts. They were located along and above Grubbs Trail, between Battery Smith and Cape Corregidor. BATTERY SUNSET MAGAZINE On my way to visit Searchlight No.2, I stopped by the Battery Sunset Magazine and took some pictures and share these. […]

Heavy Rains 22nd July 2018 in Subic Bay

On the 24th of July 2018 I took a walk from Barrio Barretto, thru SBFZ, the former Naval Base and then walked to the Olongapo Market. On the 25th July I walked thru Barrio Barretto. These pictures were shot during these two walks. Heavy rainfall floods 16 villages in Olongapo By: Joanna Aglibot – @inquirerdotnet […]

Philippine Army Artillery Monument, Camp Dau, Camp Del Pilar

This Philippine Army Artillery Monument was established after WWII. In the process the two old Camp Dau, later Camp Gen. Del Pilar, (pre WWII) upright shells were incorporated. It is located in the Clark Freeport, the former Clark Air Base and Fort Stotsenburg before that. Zc442. The Golden Gate of Camp Dau, at barangay Dau. […]