US Marines and Navy after 1960 in the Subic Bay area.
Zc729. This is the back view of a 1930 image of the Navy Rifle Range (a better description would be to call it the Marine Corps Rifle Range) located in the area called Maquinaya, This area became Barrio Barretto. The river is still called Maquinaya River. This picture was provided by my Marine friend Bert Caloud.
Read MoreZc728. This is a 1930 image of the Navy Rifle Range (a better description would be to call it the Marine Corps Rifle Range) located in the area called Maquinaya, This area became Barrio Barretto. The river is still called Maquinaya River. This picture was provided by my Marine friend Bert Caloud.
Read MoreZc720. Olongapo Leatherneck Post in 1941, this is an International News Photo; descriptions are in the next image. I received this photo from my USMC friend Bert Caloud. This pictures show the Spanish Gate and the barracks on the North West side of the gate. The resident units may be assigned to Officers or NCOs. The Marines guarded the Olongapo Naval Station and the whole Subic Bay Naval Reservation.
Read MoreZc722. This is the 2nd of 2 descriptions for the previous image No. Zc720. Olongapo Leatherneck Post in 1941, this is an International News Photo; descriptions are in the next image. I received this photo from my USMC friend Bert Caloud. This pictures show the Spanish Gate and the barracks on the North West side of the gate. The resident units may be assigned to Officers or NCOs. The Marines guarded the Olongapo Naval Station and the whole Subic Bay Naval Reservation.
Read MoreZc721. This is the 1st of 2 descriptions for the previous image No. Zc720. Olongapo Leatherneck Post in 1941, this is an International News Photo; descriptions are in the next image. I received this photo from my USMC friend Bert Caloud. This pictures show the Spanish Gate and the barracks on the North West side of the gate. The resident units may be assigned to Officers or NCOs. The Marines guarded the Olongapo Naval Station and the whole Subic Bay Naval Reservation.
Read MoreZc711. This is picture #1 in the Cubi Point Naval Air Station news paper The Afterburner about dismantling the 10 Inch disappearing guns of Battery Warwick on Grande Island in Subic Bay dated 1st of March 1968. Attached are the picture descriptions of the pictures in the news paper. The next picture is the readable copy of the descriptions.
Read MoreZc719. My friend Charlie Moser was speaking at the 50th Anniversary of receiving the big guns at the former Ft. Casey on the 11th of May 2018. He helped dismantle those guns 50 years ago as a Navy volunteer in Subic Bay at the Battery Warwick, Grande Island, and the former Fort Wint. Photo credit-Richard Slater.
Read More