Subic Bay – Page 92 – 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).

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Ze791. A temporary USMC Camp has been established at the USMC Maquinaya Firing Range with flagpole, flag and all at about 1908. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze790. USMC Pistol firing at the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya in 1908. I recognize Cinco Picos Mountain in back. At this target area, approximately, the popular Marmont Hotel rose in Barrio Barretto. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze789. The targets of the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya in 1908. Today, this area has become Barrio (Barangay) Barretto, now a popular international vacation spot. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze788. The USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya in 1908. The river in this valley still has that Maquinaya name today but the area is now Barrio Barretto. My house, today, is near were the targets were. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze796. And now the big guns; the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya, which is now Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City, was even used for 3 Inch Field Guns in about 1908. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze795. The pier and beach at the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya after a storm. It looks pretty bad except today we have plastic in addition. The pier is damaged and some Marines are in the water mucking around it. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze794a. At the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya, which is now Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City. Marines firing long range. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze794. At the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya, which is now Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City. Guny Sergt. Clark is showing them how to shoot straight. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze793. Wow, a Radio in 1909? This picture is from the USMC Firing Range at Maquinaya, which is now Barrio Barretto in Olongapo City. This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.

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Ze782 (A15). The skid-way, the sliding wood tracks, to establish a USMC Coastal Defense Battery with two 6-inch guns on Kalaklan Ridge in Olongapo Naval Station, Subic Bay at about 1909-10.This picture came from the Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis Picture Collection in the U.S.M.C. Archives.