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Subic Bay News 2023, 1st Album

Zg070. -#33 to 37. This is the panorama view of the new massive investment of the Tipo Hightech ECO Park on the SBFZ near its Tipo Security Gate. It is still under construction but it has a page on the www. These views are from the west; this is the Subic Bay area. This picture […]

WWII Tidbits from the www, Post #4.

Zg046. Gaunt and emaciated, but happy at their release from Japanese captivity, two Allied prisoners pack their meager belongings, after being freed near Yokohama, Japan, on September 11, 1945, by men of an American mercy squadron of the U.S. Navy. (AP Photo) —————————————-———————————————- This is my 4th albums about WWII Tidbits from the www. ———————————————-——————————————— […]

SBFZ Perimeter Walk 22-11-22

Zg008. Pictures #045 to 065 are from my side trip to Brgy. Tipo. First of all we get a great view of the massive development/investment of the Xantheng Corp. thru their Tipo Hightech ECO Park Company. They have spread out from the SBFZ Tipo Gate at left to the Familiar Hill at right. We also […]

Malinta Hill Tunnel page 2, from John Moffitt.

Here is the original 1966 photo of the Malinta Tunnel North Entrance with a caption at the bottom. Zf930. The man in the center is indeed the correct age to have been a WWII veteran in 1966. A web search tells me that the Iowa Governor in 1966 was Harold E. Hughes and he was […]

PVAO TURNS OVER US CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO NISPEROS FAMILY

PVAO TURNS OVER US CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO NISPEROS FAMILY Zf924. Finally, the US Medal of Honor has been officially turned over to the family of Private Jose B. Nisperos on 22 July 2021 in San Fernando, La Union. Representatives from PVAO and the Field Service Extension Office (FSEO) in La Union met with […]

Vasco’s Restaurant, Bar and Grill, also a Resort and Hotel

Zf879. Vasco’s menu cover page. ——————————– Vasco’s Restaurant, Bar and Grill, also a Resort and Hotel Magellan’s Landing Maritime Museum The Vasco’s Restaurant, Bar, Grill, Resort and Hotel and the Magellan Landing Maritime Museum (it is really one place) is a very unique, interesting, relaxing and refreshing place, so is the owner, Brian Homan, an […]

Navy News 01

Zf873. USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Manila Bay 14th Oct.2022. ——————————————————– Navy news that got my attention ——————————————————— Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group arrives in Manila Zf873. USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Manila Bay 14th Oct.2022. Source, click here: ——————————————————– Z874. . US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returns to Manila after 3 years Source, Click […]

Malinta Hill Tunnel on Corregidor, page 1

Zf856. Gen. MacArthur returns to Corregidor, image from Peter DeForest Facebook page, photo from Carl Mydans of the LIFE Collection. This picture shows Gen. Mac Arthur at the North Entrance of the Malinta Hill Tunnel, probably on the 2nd of March 1945 when he visited Corregidor and ordered the colors hoisted on the Old Flag […]

Oryoku Maru POWs transshipped in San Fernando, La Union

Zf848. To me this is the best picture of the bunch, it shows the whole San Fernando, La Union area and the authors marked the picture with the relevant geographic points and the timeline of the transshipment of the POWs in Dec. 1944. —————————————————– The horrendous tale and time table of the Allied POWs […]

The United States Navy and a Philippine Heritage

Zf841. Telesforo Trinidad was born on the island of Panay, entered the U.S. Navy Insular Force in 1910, and served through two world wars retiring in 1945. The USS San Diego (ACR-6) also served as command ship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. ================================================ Zf829 The United States Navy and a Philippine Heritage An Essay […]