Media Category: ZcKarl
Zc524
Zc524.Clark Air Field, Fort Stotsenburg, Camp Dau 5th Nov. 1944; provided by David Metherell.
David sent me this picture, I recognized Fort Stotsenburg, Clark Air Field is not to clear. And I did not realize that Camp Dau (aka Camp Del Pilar), all the way to the left was that big and I was not sure whether that was it. I asked him to send another copy and try to indentify things on the picture.
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Zc529
Zc529.This is the Culayo Cemetery next to Camp Dau, later called Camp Del Pilar in about 1945; provided by David Metherell. David says it was established here temporally for the soldiers that died in retaking Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg. This was an extra gift from David, thank you Comrade!
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Zc528
Zc528.Camp Dau, later called Camp Del Pilar, probably 1944 or 1945, roughly that time frame; provided by David Metherell. David marked in the location of the two artillery-like-shells-type-columns. It looks to me that the new Philippine Army maybe had a hospital here also. I’m surprised that many of the barracks are intact, maybe this is a prewar image and I am wrong about the 1944-45 guess.
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Zc522
Zc522.This is John Cullen Murphy from Wikipedia. For about 30 years he was the artist who continued the work on the comic strip Prince Valiant which was started by Hal Foster. This is the first time I saw the picture of Brendan’s father and they indeed look alike. There is plenty on the internet about Price Valiant and John Cullen Murphy, look it up. I always remember that Brendan told me he sat as a model sometime when his father illustrated Prince Valiant.
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