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5 days ago · Clark Air Base was the largest U.S. Military Base outside mainland USA. It was established by the US Cavalry in 1903 as Fort Stotsenburg. Most of Clark then was open fields and jungle. The base grew up around the old cavalry post’s large parade field (now known as the Parade Grounds).
- Clark Air Base History & Historic Marker Locator for Pleasure ...
Back in 1900, the very first cemetery at Clark, then called...
- Clark Air Base History & Historic Marker Locator for Pleasure ...
4 days ago · Back in 1900, the very first cemetery at Clark, then called Fort Stotsenburg, was established somewhere within the now Fort Stotsenburg Park area. At a later date, due to needed growth, the Army built an additional cemetery on what is now a golf course in the Clark Freeport.
2 days ago · Major events that took place in Pampanga after the People Power revolution include the Mount Pinatubo eruption and the end of the Philippines' Bases Treaty with the United States, which resulted in the closure of Clark Air Base and the later creation of the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone.
2 days ago · Several smaller lahars washed through the Clark Air Base, flowing across the base in enormously powerful sheets, slamming into buildings and scattering cars. Nearly every bridge within 30 km (19 mi) of Mount Pinatubo was destroyed.
Jul 18, 2024 · In 1936, President Manuel L. Quezon put-up Camp del Pilar, the first training cadre in Dau Checkpoint at Fort Stotsenberg which is later known as Clark Air Base. According to old residents, from liberation to 1949 all judicial cases of Clark Air Base were referred to and heard at the Justice of the Peace Court of Mabalacat.
4 days ago · The Nielson Airport became the base of the American Far Eastern School of Aviation. More importantly, with the introduction of commercial air services at the airport, it became the primary gateway between Manila and the rest of the country and, later, between the Philippines and the world.
Jul 17, 2024 · The first Japanese kamikaze (suicide) flight was made from Clark in 1944 as U.S. forces began the process of recapturing the Philippines. American forces began air raids on Japanese occupation in Clark in October, continuing for four months and damaging over 1,500 Japanese planes.
