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> Construction of Naval Air Station Cubi Point began during the Korean War. The town of Banicain was demolished to build the airfield, and its residents were relocated to Olongapo. As Olongapo's population grew to 60,000, Filipinos requested control of the town...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Naval_Base_Subic_Bay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambales

#Luzon #CentralLuzon #SubicBase #SubicNavalBase
#TurningTheTide is needed, but in a good way.... LIke reparations for mayhem, military bases....

U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay - Wikipedia

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> A Republican Congressman who visited the Philippines wrote[:]..β€œYou never hear of.. disturbances in Northern Luzon...because there isn’t anybody.. to rebel...our soldiers took no prisoners; they kept no records; they simply swept the country and wherever or however they could get hold of a Filipino they killed him. The women and children were spared and may now be noticed in disproportionate numbers in that part of the island.”
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