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Post by victor on Aug 20, 2010 21:22:18 GMT 8
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Post by EXO on Aug 20, 2010 21:37:43 GMT 8
Great series. I was down on Ayala yesterday and was wondering at the time where on an airfield I might have been standing in a "back to the future" sense.
Thanks.
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Post by okla on Aug 20, 2010 23:25:04 GMT 8
Hey Vic....I say again, the present day view compared to 1945 is absolutely mind boggling. Who "woulda thunk" that the intersection of these two avenues/streets was the bulls eye on long ago bombing missions. Excellent stuff, just as I said over on your website.
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Post by fots2 on Aug 21, 2010 14:16:26 GMT 8
I would have never guessed that those streets were built over runways. I wonder if any people who pass by there daily have any idea of this history under their feet. I expect the number is very close to zero.
Thanks for posting the photos Victor.
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Post by victor on Aug 22, 2010 1:52:10 GMT 8
Neat huh? The Ayala Corp. should hold a photo exhibit at the lobby area of one of the malls... say Greenbelt Mall. Some passers by are bound to take notice.
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Post by batteryboy on Aug 22, 2010 8:45:24 GMT 8
Nice photos. More trivia:
- Nielson's was Manila's first international airport
- Original main runway was at Paseo (not Ayala). The Japanese extended the apron at Ayala to make it the main runway in late 43 and early 44. They were extending Paseo but the lieberating forces were coming back.
- Area of the boneyard and hangar was the old AFESA building, now located near current day PLDT and Ayala Museum.
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Post by darthdract on Jul 16, 2011 18:37:45 GMT 8
Wow, I can see where my house stands today, and I am not joking. In one of the photos you can see Zobel Roxas and Vito Cruz extension, all the way to La Salle College in Taft Avenue and the Sun Cruises docks.
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Post by dmether on Jul 17, 2011 11:17:14 GMT 8
During the war a group of American POWs were kept at the Pasay Elementry School as slave labor for Nielson Air Field. A couple were executed and still remain as MIAs today. Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Jul 17, 2011 11:23:35 GMT 8
One of the worst guards was Yakuta, also known as "The Wolf" who beat and killed at least one of the POWs. Attachments:
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Post by dmether on Jul 17, 2011 12:09:59 GMT 8
Another guard, Captain Fujikawa Attachments:
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