Subic Bay – Page 28 – 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).

Zg498, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg498, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, Subic Bay on the 8th of February 1945. -OLONGAPO CAMP: Chow from our field kitchen was eaten anywhere; on boxes, the ground or standing.

Zg497, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg497, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, Subic Bay on the 8th of February 1945. -OLONGAPO CAMP: Chow from our field kitchen was eaten anywhere; on boxes, the ground or standing. Hungry civilian children, cans in hand, eagerly accepted any leavings.

Zg496, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg496, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, Subic Bay on the 8th of February 1945. -OLONGAPO CAMP: What a place to sleep! Scattered around the field where we pitched our pup tents, field artillery rocked the ground and shattered the night as it shelled Zig Zag Pass. From across the road […]

Zg495, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg495, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, Subic Bay on the 8th of February 1945. Intrepid Seabees went hunting up at the front- for souvenirs.”Any souvenirs around here, mate”?

Zg494, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg494, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo. Olongapo showed all the ravages of war. Much of the town had been bombed or burned. Standing among the great trees were 155 mm. howitzers, ‘Long Toms” and tanks.

Zg493, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg493, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, debarking in Subic Bay. To me that looks like a Bunker used by the Japanese. Working without let-up, we got our equipment ashore and off up the rood through the hills to Olongapo Naval Bose, hearing on all sides the shout “Victory, Joe!”

Zg492, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg492, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, debarking in Subic Bay. Wow, that looks like one of the LST bow doors. Working without let-up, we got our equipment ashore and off up the rood through the hills to Olongapo Naval Bose, hearing on all sides the shout “Victory, Joe!”

Zg491, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg491, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, debarking in Subic Bay. Working without let-up, we got our equipment ashore and off up the rood through the hills to Olongapo Naval Bose, hearing on all sides the shout “Victory, Joe!”

Zg490, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg490, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, debarking in Subic Bay, with DE’s probing the shoreline we moved on in and swept up on the beach in the very dooryards of the town.

Zg489, NCB-115, S.B. 1945

Zg489, NCB-115, S.B. 1945. Naval Construction Battalion 115 arrived in Olongapo, Subic Bay on the 8th of February 1945.