Clark Air Base, old commissary

[@AlexanderBasco-v7l]

I was stationed at Clark AB on 1984. A lot of memories, a lot of good friends off base. These memories never be forgotten.

[@rickhorowitz5713]

Stationed at Tarlac at Navy Transmitter site. Lived between balibago and on base Clark from 76 to 79. amazing base and tour. My wife and I really loved it there, especially the Thursday night Mongolian bbq. Great memories

[@racooncity3325]

I was stationed here from 1984 up until 1990. Greatest memories of my life. The base is full of history, I remember stumbling upon Japanese underground fortress in the jungles on Lilly hill.

[@Mr1990hjc]

If you can walk around the whole building, you will see the word COMMISSARY chiseled into that flat concrete strip at the top. It should be at the entranceway, or you may also see signs of it being covered up. The letters are, (were) about 2-3 inches deep, by 9-12 inches tall, and stretched a few feet across the entranceway. Once again, this was the last commissary at Clark, the old one was just a couple of large quonset huts near the "old" NCO club.

[@leonard5606]

I would like to know if it's true about the tunnels that were suppose to have been dug at the back of the new commissary out to the Lily Hill area.....I heard it from various folks who were stationed there but I don't know if it was true and that the workers were stealing them blind. I wasn't there when it was opened new but I did walk by it once under construction I was on leave from Okinawa in the late 70s......I was stationed there from 70-74 at the Elephant Cage but hardly used the commissary at the quonset huts except for going over to buy coffee for my coffee bar....but I wouldn't put it past them to dig a tunnel....lol anyways just curious. cheers :)

[@Mr1990hjc]

@@leonard5606 The Japanese had tunnels in Lily hill, but I never heard of tunnels to the commissary. During the construction of the new commissary an excavator uncovered a 500 Lb. bomb which caused quite a bit of excitement ! I was there for most of the 80's, and during that time there was a lot of construction going on. In about 83 -84 a typhoon unearthed a bomb which exploded, it was in the picnic area near the elephant cage. Clark was littered with UEO, and Japanese aircraft. The Hospital, Lily Hill area was remote /countryside after the war, and a lot of captured, and surplus equipment must have been buried or burned there.

[@leonard5606]

@@Mr1990hjc Yea tunnels out back of the commissary I knew someone was full of crap....lol I wasn't much of a history buff when I was there......heck what 20 yr. is and I was interested in other things...lol being there for 4 yrs I didn't travel that much around base.....to work...down town....back to work...and chow hall. I wasn't much into site seeing and if you didn't have your own transportation there was alot of walking in the hot sun.....lol cheers :)

[@CSltz]

About the only thing that I can remember about the place. Is my mom being so surprised the first time there that all of the meats were frozen. Even the lunch meat and hotdogs. Makes sense now looking back. But the first time overseas coming from Wurtsmith in Michigan.!!

[@CSltz]

My mom just couldn’t quite get passed the fact that. In 68. All of the meat that came in was always frozen. She understood why and all that. But just the fact of lunch meat bacon etc. was frozen . Getting stationed there coming from the Midwest was interesting to say the least.

[@alletaedging2598]

I loved living at Clark!

[@joshuamontemayor2238]

I was born in angeles city pampanga on 1980 but i grow up in cebu city with my grandparents.I just stayed there only every summer vacation until the base was closed and my mother lost her job in AAFES.i still can recall those times when i see a lot of americans living in angeles city americans mostly assigned to the base for military service.now the base has been turn into a export processing zone.