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Post by victor on Jun 28, 2013 6:08:10 GMT 8
Envelopes that look like they were mailed from the USS Houston docked in Mariveles, Bataan in 1941. (Would it have been docked there and not Cavite?) Front Back Front Back
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Post by okla on Jun 28, 2013 23:53:18 GMT 8
Hey Vic....More puzzles!!! I ain't understanding the stateside return addresses stamped on the reverse sides of the envelopes. You seem Hell bent on running me crazy,lol.....Keep it coming. It keeps the "gray matter" churned up. Cheers.
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Post by chadhill on Jul 1, 2013 10:28:31 GMT 8
Vic, what finds! Great question about the USS Houston; postmarked in Mariveles. I'll dig around....
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Post by The Phantom on Jul 11, 2013 5:34:23 GMT 8
I'M CURRENTLY READING A BOOK ABOUT THE NAVY IN THE P.I. AND IT MENTIONS THE HOUSTON LEAVING FOR THE SOUTHERN P.I. ON DEC. 1 1941. IT DESCRIBES A NAVAL STATION IN MARIVELES AT THE TIME THE LETTERS ARE POSTMARKED. THERE WAS A NAVY RETREAT ON BATAAN AT THE TIME, MAYBE HE WAS ON LEAVE THERE. THERE WAS ALSO A HOSPITAL OF SORTS THERE. CAN'T IMAGINE WITH CAVITE NAVY YARD SO CLOSE THAT THE HOUSTON WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SUCH A BACKWATER PORT OF THAT ERA. NOTHING ON WHAT WAS IN THE LETTERS? MORE CLUES THERE PERHAPS.
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Post by fireball on Jul 12, 2013 13:15:43 GMT 8
Mariveles used to be the Quarantine Entry station for Manila and so had a very large hospital (400 bed is a figure in my head but may well be wrong) as well as a large wharf. No idea when it stopped its quarantine role but it certainly was able to accommodate even large ships.
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Post by fortune40 on Jul 13, 2013 17:44:50 GMT 8
It really looks puzzling..The first guy send the mail for himself while in USS Houston docked in Mariveles,PI on his PA USA address this is my first why?Sending mail for himself while in the Navy Ship somewhere in PI.. The second guy..Aha to me he has this mail while aboard the USS Houston again docked in Mariveles,PI for a friend in New York? Not yet wartime..So maybe before they went on to their voyage to Manila or Cavite they must be quarantined first in Mariveles do i observed it right?...puzzle..!
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