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Zc760. A Red Cross Lady on the Mt. Redondo slopes 60 years before friends and I were crawling around the same slopes. The picture shows a female visiting a Submarine Base in Subic Bay and at a location which was very inaccessible until 2008. A few friends and I were the lone visitors in that area for many years but the geography of that location caught my attention. This picture came from the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project.

So along with the 1945 images I’m also presenting some of my images of my hikes in the same area for comparison.

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Zc759. This is the capture a search for Subic Bay in the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project; six (6) images popped up which I am going to use here. This picture came from the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project.

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Zc758. Many submarines are in a nest in the new Submarine Base in 1945 at Subic Bay. This picture came from the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project.

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Zc763. This is a Google Earth image covering the area of the WWII Submarine Base; some of the roads still can be recognized. In 2006 things started to change here because of the Hanjin Shipyard development. By 2008 that road was usable and people started flowing in. This area later became Gains Beach and Sailors and Marines loved to come here, far away from the MPs and Shore Patrols. During my time in the early 2000s Mr. Gaines had passed away and the Miami Club from Calapandayan claimed some of this sub base area. Note the deeper water in the image and on the map in the previous image.

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Zc762. This is the Subic Bay, and this is a section of an old 1:50000 map which shows the streets of the former 1945 Submarine Base. Newer maps don’t show those streets anymore. And for many decades this area was no longer accessible by vehicle, only on foot or boat. Most sections of that road were grown over during my walking time.

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Zc755. Submarine S35, I’m sure, was a boat belonging to one of the Submarine Squadrons out of Subic Bay or Cavite. It looks like two boats are meeting in Subic Bay underway. I believe these 4 pictures are dated 1926. This picture was sent to me by my shipmate Chuck Thompson.

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Zc754. This is the Navy Yard in Olongapo 1926; it seems the yard was located exactly where the Subic Bay Ship Repair Facility (SRF) was established during the Viet Nam War. That is the area of the Rivera Wharf now-a-days; 4 submarines are in a nest alongside the wharf. This picture was sent to me by my shipmate Chuck Thompson

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Zc757. That is the area of the Rivera Wharf in 1926; 5 submarines are in a nest alongside the wharf. It seems in the woods are the officer quarters. The tower building may be the Olongapo Port Control Place. The Kalaklan Ridge in back is recognizable; maybe the cemetery is still small. This picture was sent to me by my shipmate Chuck Thompson. These last 4 pictures can be downloaded with a higher resolution from this Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157647790469238

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Zc756. A submarine is pulling out of the Olongapo Port, the Olongapo Navy Yard/ Naval Station in 1926. The profile of structures along the beach has changed several times since then. However the peaks of the hills in back still look the same. In this picture the shore line is the Olongapo Town in 1926, after WWII the town was moved inland across the drainage canal and the shoreline became Subic Bay Naval Station (NAVSTA). In 1992 the Philippines returned the favor, we left and that area is now the tourist, hotel, restaurant and entertainment area of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ). This picture was sent to me by my shipmate Chuck Thompson

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Zc750. This image is the 3rd of 6 from the USS John D. Ford DD-228 and the original description said that the crew is on the Subic Bay Rifle Range in 1937. It is the first time I seen them and they were sent to me by Bert Caloud. Gunners Mates instructing the sailors on the firing line.