This category encompass, the former Subic Bay Naval Base,-Naval Station,-Naval Air Station Cubi Point, the former Olongapo Naval Station,-the prewar Olongapo Town and the present Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) under the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
Zg574, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Filipinos are a friendly, laughing people. They like and admire Americans. In this, the girls are no exception,
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Read MoreZg571, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Transportation in 1945.
Read MoreZg570, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Education! We were astonished at their thorough knowledge of American history. From the youngest to the oldest the students were eager to return to their long interrupted studies, to them a prized possession.
Read MoreZg569, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. To Market to Market! Camotes, mangos, papaya, bananas, and chickens, shoes-all manner of things usable and edible were to be found in the village markets and roadside stands.
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Read MoreZg567, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Laundry! After we moved to Santa Rita the laundry girls gathered along the fence in their prettiest dresses to deliver finished work and to drum up business. On our side, one of the favorite evening pastimes was to sit and observe the proceedings, now and then yelling “magandang dalaga” […]
Read MoreZg566, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Laundry! On our first day al Olongapo boys. girls and women come among our tents seeking laundry lo do. From that lime on one of our greatest chores was forgotten.
Read MoreZg565, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Wow, they already called it City Hall then; Olongapo didn’t become a city until a few years later.
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