Olongapo, Naval Reservation – Page 21

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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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Ze766. The Marines had at least Company F, 2nd Regt., U.S.M.C on Grande Island in 1908. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

Ze765. This picture is very interesting for several reasons, it is dated 1909. USMC Officer Ellis reports that the C.A.C. is exploding a mine in the channel to Subic Bay between Grande Island and the Redondo Peninsular. C.A.C. stands foe US Army Coast Artillery Corps, so they were on the island already and are starting up, building the new US Army Fort Wint on Grande Island. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze772. They keep them busy, hey, that exercise is right down my alley. These are men of Company F, 2nd USMC Regiment on Grande Island between 1908-09. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze771. They keep them busy, hey, that exercise is right down my alley. These are men of Company F, 2nd USMC Regiment on Grande Island between 1908-09. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze770. Jesus, they keep them busy, not sure I could make that one, pulling yourself up like that. These are men of Company F, 2nd USMC Regiment on Grande Island between 1908-09. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze768. The dispensary of Camp Dayton, 2nd USMC Regiment on Grande Island between 1908-09. Wow, he sure has a lot snake oil in the tent there. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze768. Here are men of Company F, 2nd USMC Regiment relaxing on Grande Island between 1908-09. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze759. An artillery piece on Grande Island, dated 1903. I’m not an expert, is it a Spanish gun or a U.S.A. one? US Marines are standing behind it. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze758. This is a Google Earth image with Grande Island in Subic Bay, it changed hands many times in the last 121 years, Spanish, Philippines, US. Marines, US Army, Imperial Japan, US Army, US Navy, now Independent Philippines. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze757. An artillery piece on Grande Island, dated 1903. This is Grande Island for sure, I recognize Sinco Picos Mountain on the Redondo Peninsular. I’m not an expert, is it a Spanish gun or U.S.A. one? This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.