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).
Ze759
Ze759. An artillery piece on Grande Island, dated 1903. I’m not an expert, is it a Spanish gun or a U.S.A. one? US Marines are standing behind it. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.
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Ze758
Ze758. This is a Google Earth image with Grande Island in Subic Bay, it changed hands many times in the last 121 years, Spanish, Philippines, US. Marines, US Army, Imperial Japan, US Army, US Navy, now Independent Philippines. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.
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Ze764
Ze764. US Marines are dismounting 6 Inch guns in 1909 on Grande Island, the hard way, by hand! Why, because the Army is going to take over the island and these dismounted guns are going to the Kalaklan Ridge? I notice a narrow rail track in front, bottom of the picture. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.
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Ze762
Ze762. That is a lot of Marines, the F Company, 2nd Regiment in 1909 on Grande Island. I see at least 2 Navy white hats. One got a big bag, maybe he is a pekker checker (Corpsman). That all looks like heavy gun parts, are the dismantling a battery? The rail track looks like it has been there a while, not new and arrived with the army. This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.
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Ze761
Ze761. Grande Island in Subic Bay from the Olongapo (north) direction in 1911; wow, it is really built up already. Are they captured Spanish buildings, did the Marines built them or is it all new stuff opening Fort Wint by the US Army? I speculate, maybe from all three! This is an Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis picture from the U.S.M.C. Archives.
Did you know? The Spanish fled here during the Spanish American War, chased by the Filipinos and did not want to surrender. A German warship arrived and assisted the Spanish. The leader of the Filipinos, Gen. Aguinaldo complained to Commodore Dewey. The commodore sent up a US warship which told the German one to beat it and forced the Spanish to surrender.
Did you know: That after the collapse of South Viet Nam, Grande Island was used by the US Navy, as a temporary camp for the Indochinese refugee boat people?