The island was part of the Manila and Subic Bay Harbor Defense Command.
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 […]
Read MoreZf185. 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 […]
Read MoreZf140.- 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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