Media Category: Subic Bay
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).
Zg580, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945
Zg580, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Meanwhile. the l49th Regiment Kentucky Reserves went off through the forests on the north flank to cut around the Japanese, reach Dinalupihan on the plain and then strike the Japanese from the rear. They were led by the Aeta, Negrito scouts.
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Zg579, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945
Zg579, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Only after crossing the Santa Rita River did the force meet heavy opposition. From then on it was o job of knocking out the enemy pillbox by pillbox, cave by cove.
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Zg578, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945
Zg578, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. In February 1945 the Eighth Army’s XI Corps, Major-general Charles P. Hall commanding, faced the task of taking the Zig Zag Pass-six miles of twisting, winding road, hairpin turns and blind-angle approaches.
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Zg577, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945
Zg577, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. The Battle of the ZIGZAG Pass, to isolate Bataan that the Japanese could not retreat into Bataan like the US Forces did in 1942.
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