The big hat, symbol of the 80s, in front of the main gate. This would
have been a
nearly perfect picture, except for that flipping cloud hanging
over the top of Mt. Arayat.
(Photo by Tom Utts)
Mark Edwards sent these pictures from the late
80s and early 90s. He was never
stationed at Clark, but as a F-16 crew chief
at Kunsan, he participated in several
Cope Thunder exercises. Like many visitors,
his pictures document life in the PI better
than those of people stationed there who never
got around to taking many pictures.
Fields Avenue near the Clarkton Hotel, Clark's fence is on right side of
road.
Not sure why the picture has the golden hue, but I like it.
Mark
said that is the famous DMZ bar on the right, didn't say what it was famous
for.
On the left is Susie Bar, not as good as the DMZ, Mark says. Why, Mark,
why??
(L) Riding in a Jeepney--damn that Mark was brave. (L) Just another
Fields Avenue jaunt.
Attack of the
savage T-shirt
sellers! How
did they always
spot the TDY
guys?
What? Gimme peso? Oh, yeah, I remember. Those fun loving boys
in
the ville--
when they weren't badgering for coins they were removing your tires.
Fast food, PI style: those great street-side BBQ stands, where you
also got execise--fighting the flies for mystery-meat-on-a-stick!
Mark's picture
of the church on
Fields Avenue.
A place where he
and friends
did not spend a
lot of time.
Two good pictures of Mt. Arayat and the road leading off base to the check point and 'da big hat.
Surely, none of the folks who visit this site
every walked the mean street pictured above. It
led to the infamous Duke's Nipa Hut, below.
And no, there aren't going to be any inside pictures.
