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Knavey -> RE: TRIVIA #2 (5/16/2007 8:50:23 PM)

And the correct answer is D. Good job to those that got it correctly! Seeadler after only 13 minutes!



My source was An Annotated Pictorial History of Clark Air Base: 1899-1986.



I found out this bit of trivia when I was looking for a shot of the airfield.

It was in fact established by American cavalry forces stationed in the Philipines and named after Captain John Stotsenburg who was killed in action in the PI in 1899.





Knavey -> RE: TRIVIA #2 (5/16/2007 9:31:58 PM)

PS...

Apparently those pillars pictured in the photo were used as filler to repair the runways when the Japanese took over.  Sometime in the '60s they were unearthed and are once again displayed at the site.

Anyone ever been there or seen them?



Dutch_slith -> RE: TRIVIA #2 (5/16/2007 10:12:23 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Knavey

RULES: No looking up the answer before posting your response. Guesses only or first hand knowledge. I will post my source later so you cannot get a clue from the title.


Fort Stotsenburg (the alias of a popular WitP site) is located where?

a) Singapore
b) Rabaul
c) Guam
d) Clark
e) Brisbane



[image]local://upfiles/7595/E66886F31C544744B4BAC1AFB0B3047D.jpg[/image]


d) Clark Field



Charbroiled -> RE: TRIVIA #2 (5/16/2007 11:27:28 PM)

Here is a picture from Wikipedia. Same view....different background. Or maybe from the opposite direction?

[image]local://upfiles/14339/FDC34DA406624933A604E50B6E1CEA2E.jpg[/image]



juliet7bravo -> RE: TRIVIA #2 (5/17/2007 12:15:34 AM)

xxx



Don Bowen -> RE: TRIVIA #2 (5/17/2007 11:02:39 PM)


This is the old main gain to Fort Stotsenburg - location of Clark Field.

I was there in 1967. My Father was there in 1945.




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