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Ze797. Commemoration Ceremony of the 75th Anniversary of the sinking of the Oryoku Maru picture by the SubicNewsLink; both Nation’s Flags are displayed.

Ze790. USMC Pistol firing at the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya in 1908. I recognize Cinco Picos Mountain in back. At this target area, approximately, the popular Marmont Hotel rose in Barrio Barretto. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze763. US Marines are dismounting 6 Inch guns in 1909 on Grande Island, the hard way, by hand! Why, because the Army is going to take over the island and these dismounted guns are going to the Kalaklan Ridge? This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze449.(-38) this shot covers the area just inside the Kalaklan Gate in the SBFZ, the former Naval Station Subic Bay. This was shot from the Olongapo Cemetery 2019-03-14. Everything near the shoreline is a hotel, restaurant or other entertainment business.

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Ze448. (-37) zoomed in; this is a view of the NW corner of the large area between Dewey Ave and Canal Rd. in the SBFZ. This was shot from the Olongapo Cemetery. Notice a Navy logistic ship is moored along Alava Extension Wharf and the Philippine Flag next to it.

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Ze447. (-35) this is a view of the NW corner of the large area between Dewey Ave and Canal Rd. in the SBFZ. This was shot from the Olongapo Cemetery. Notice a Navy logistic ship is moored along Alava Extension Wharf and the Philippine Flag next to it.

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Ze446. (-34) Zoomed in. This is a view of the NW corner of the large area between Dewey Ave and Canal Rd. in the SBFZ. This was shot from the Olongapo Cemetery.

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Ze454. (-44) Zoomed in. This shot covers the area just inside the Kalaklan Gate in the SBFZ, the former Naval Station Subic Bay. This was shot from the Olongapo Cemetery 2019-03-14. Everything near the shoreline is a hotel, restaurant or other entertainment business. The red roof is a brand new business, but I don’t know what. The lighthouse is the Lighthouse Hotel. Across the bay is the former Cubi Point Naval Air Station.

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Ze453. (-43) Zoomed in. This shot covers the area just inside the Kalaklan Gate in the SBFZ, the former Naval Station Subic Bay. This was shot from the Olongapo Cemetery 2019-03-14. Everything near the shoreline is a hotel, restaurant or other entertainment business. The red roof is a brand new business, but I don’t know what. In front of that tall and brown building used to be the Navy NIS building.

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Ze452. (-42) this shot covers the area just inside the Kalaklan Gate in the SBFZ, the former Naval Station Subic Bay. This was shot from the Olongapo Cemetery 2019-03-14. Between the new hospital and the gate are two Korean businesses.