Subic Bay before WWII – Page 4

Media Category: Subic Bay before WWII

Images of the Subic Bay area before WWII

Zg562, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg562, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. During the years of enemy occupation Olongapo degenerated from a neat provincial town to a clutter of decrepit buildings whose peeling paint and patchwork repairs showed the “benefits” of the “Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere.”

Zg561, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg561, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. During the years of enemy occupation Olongapo degenerated from a neat provincial town to a clutter of decrepit buildings whose peeling paint and patchwork repairs showed the “benefits” of the “Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere.”

Zg560, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg560, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. I assume this is Dewey Ave. and we are looking from the Kalaklan Bridge.

Zg559, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg559, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. The Kalaklan Bridge, it looks like it had concrete pilings or bases since before the war.

Zg558, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg558, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Across Subic Bay, left of center in Mt Redondo.

Zg557, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg557, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. During the years of enemy occupation Olongapo degenerated from a neat provincial town to a clutter of decrepit buildings whose peeling paint and patchwork repairs showed the “benefits” of the “Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere.”

Zg576, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg576, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. ASINAN! The Japanese invasion of Luzon in late 1941 resulted in the burning of Olongapo; a blow from which the town had only partially recovered when it suffered it again on the oppressor’s withdrawal. The resulting housing shortage was aggravated by the influx of workers needed for the expansion […]