Olongapo, Naval Reservation – Page 16

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Olongapo is the city outside the former US Naval Base and now outside of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

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Ze818a. This is a zoomed -in copy of the last image Ze818. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. By the description we can identify this location; this swimming event is at the mouth of the Kalaklan River. We have established that the Star Point, then is now the Kalaklan Point. If you zoom this picture you can see the bridge over the river. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze818. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. By the description we can identify this location; this swimming event is at the mouth of the Kalaklan River. We have established that the Star Point, then is now the Kalaklan Point. If you zoom this picture you can see the bridge over the river. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze817. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. By the description we can identify this location; the patrol is crossing the mouth of the Matain River. That is the end of the present Baloy Long Beach. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze822. U.S. Marines getting ready to patrol, hike, at an unknown location and time. But we can assume it is in the Philippines and the early 20th Century. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze821. This is a copy of the image Ze820, cropped and zoomed in. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. The ups and downs of a Marine patrol, hike in the Rain Forests of Subic Bay. It seems the patrol is walking past a fortification of some kind, or maybe I’m seeing things. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze820. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. The ups and downs of a Marine patrol, hike, in the Rain Forests of Subic Bay. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze819. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. This could be water coming from the Binictican River or the present Gorgon Heights Valley. We know that Olongapo and the Olongapo Naval Station got water from those two places. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze811. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. This hike went up and down, straight thru the Subic Bay Rain Forest. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze810. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. On this event wet boots are called for. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze815. U.S. Marines patrolling, hiking in the Naval Reservation around the Olongapo Naval Station circa 1909. Chow is prepared on patrol, no wonder they all look lean and strong. Another thing I noticed the Marines are all older than teenagers in those days. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.