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SOME OF MY LATE AUNT'S AMERICAN FRIENDS

FRAMED PHOTOS IN MY LATE AUNT'S GIFT SHOP
ALONG MAGSAYSAY DRIVE IN OLONGAPO CITY
JUST AS THE NAVAL BASE WAS ABOUT TO CLOSE

TOP PORTRAIT IS OF A CERTAIN "LT. CMDR. DR. ESCAJEDA",
A HISPANIC (MEXICAN?) AMERICAN U.S. NAVY OFFICER FRIEND
BIG TOP PHOTO IN THE LOWER PICTURE FRAME
SHOWS HER BETWEEN TWO AMERICAN COUPLES.
THE WHITE-CLOTHED COUPLE ON THE RIGHT ARE
REAR ADMIRAL ARTHUR F. SPRING & MRS. SPRING (NEE "CLARE MURPHY")
THE COUPLE ON THE LEFT ARE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF
PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S "PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE PROGRAM"
THEY BOUGHT PHILIPPINE SOUVENIRS FROM HER GIFT SHOP.
THE LAND ON WHICH IT STOOD WAS GIVEN TO HER BY THE AMERICANS.
NOTE THE WHITE "AMERICAN LEGION" BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND.
BEHIND ADM. SPRING'S HEAD IS "WEAPONS OF MOROLANDIA"

LOWER SMALL PHOTO SHOWS THREE PERSONALITIES RIDING A CARABAO-DRAWN CART:
GOV. DIZON OF BATAAN, ADM. SPRING & GOV. BARRETTO OF ZAMBALES
DURING OLONGAPO TOWN FIESTA, RIZAL DAY DECEMBER 31 (?)

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1963/64
HALF-MOON BEACH, SUBIC BAY
OLONGAPO, ZAMBALES
(NOTE IN THE BACKGROUND: BANGKA & TWO U.S. NAVY SHIPS
AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER AT LEFT)

PLAYING WITH A PAIR OF (THEN) HIGH-TECH RUBBER SLIPPERS...