Subic Bay – Page 2 – Philippine-Sailor

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).

Zg564, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg564, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. Life in Olongapo in 1945.

Zg563, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg563, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945. The Aeta, as they are locally called, do have a good size community, at the eastern edge on the greater former Naval Base, the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ) now.

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 […]

Zg575, NCB-115, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1945

Zg575, NCB-115, Philippines 1945. The daughters of Philippines Supreme Court Justice Pablo: Glorio, Rosario, Victoria, Mini, Lena … in formal dress.