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Post by chadhill on Dec 22, 2011 2:49:12 GMT 8
Hello makoy, I lived in Binictican from 1986-88, at 8-B Mango Drive. Small world! The monkeys liked to climb over the jungle fence across the street, pull off the garbage can lids, and pick through our trash. Bungie cords put a stop to that ;D Photo dated 1982. Cropped and slightly enlarged view showing BOQ and "parking lot".
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Post by okla on Dec 22, 2011 9:06:02 GMT 8
Hey Chad...Just for my information what type vessels are those moored, left to right, along the pier. I can still usually identify World War II combat vessels (BBs, CAs, CLs, CVs, CVLs, CVEs, DDs, DEs,etc) on sight but this cold war stuff is foreign to me in most cases. I don't see any ship in that lineup shown at Subic, except maybe the second from left that might be a Destroyer, that I readily recognize. The one on the extreme right, looks to be a large transport (maybe the attack type). Vessels classified as Frigates,etc blow my ancient mind. When I hear about a warship designated as a Frigate, I think of the War of 1812. Therefore, I need to pick your blue water mind if you don't mind.
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Post by Karl Welteke on Dec 23, 2011 19:13:53 GMT 8
Here is a cropped but clear image of the Naval Station Subic Bay in 1981. On this image we can see very clearly a tennis court. I would say it is rebuilt very much in the same location as shown in the WWII image. It is a government image free to use. I have the whole image available at 1.1 MB. If anyone wants it let me know.
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Post by makoy on Dec 23, 2011 20:04:14 GMT 8
I have the whole image available at 1.1 MB. If anyone wants it let me know. hi karl. i am very much interested to have a copy. if you're just in subic bay, perhaps i can just copy the file in person. thanks makoy
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Post by chadhill on Dec 23, 2011 22:21:22 GMT 8
Nice job, Karl! I have the 125k version of the image. Can you shoot me an e-mail with that 1.1MB one, or a link? BIG difference. Thanks, Chad
P.S.- I recently read an online article from the December 1947 issue of the Marine Corps Gazette that mentioned the Subic base chapel had been partially destroyed by the Japanese and later rebuilt by the US. I had thought it curious that none of the POW survivor's accounts I read never mentioned the chapel, which was close nearby and surely visible from the tennis court. The MCG article may explain that.
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Post by fireball on Sept 3, 2012 8:45:46 GMT 8
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Post by chadhill on Sept 4, 2012 10:26:08 GMT 8
Thanks, fireball. I had not heard of that one before. Torpedoed by SS-187 off the NW coast of Luzon. Skipper William L. Wright had no way of knowing about the POWs on board. Not one Aussie survived out of 1000...
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Post by Karl Welteke on Sept 5, 2012 11:11:02 GMT 8
Hello makoy, chadhill, I finally seen your request for a copy of the 1981 NAVSTA Subic Bay image at high resolution. Here is it. I hope you will be able to down load it. If not I’ll send it by email. It came from Wikipedia.
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Post by chadhill on Sept 5, 2012 11:25:33 GMT 8
It came out perfect, old bud. Thanks a million...it brings back lots of memories for Patty and me
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Post by Karl Welteke on Jan 1, 2013 21:48:05 GMT 8
Although this thread is called -Ft. Wint-, lately we been talking a lot about the area of the Subic Bay Naval Station. Some time ago I came across some great pictures of the former Naval Station during the war and before. Most of the pictures in regards the tennis court and NAVSTA, we have presented so far, seem to be shot from above the bay water. Two of the shots are more from the inland side. The 1st shot shows clearly the Tappan Park and I marked the chapel and tennis court. Here is high resolution version and it is unmarked. In this thread we have read several times in reports from the POW victims that the dead were buried near the seawall, This is a 1928 picture of that seawall This is a higher resolution copy. This is a great image of the Alava Wharf area, it has been thoroughly worked over by US aircrafts. Here is the high resolution copy
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