tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post114977796792163745..comments2023-08-10T18:06:06.024+10:00Comments on Philippines Phil: When The Marines Landed in MonroviaPhilippinesPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149911283823053102006-06-10T13:48:00.000+10:002006-06-10T13:48:00.000+10:00Hey anonymous...I took the nickel tour of your shi...Hey anonymous...I took the nickel tour of your ship in Monrovia. I was very impressed. The Liberians were "incrediblefied" by it. Those folk are crazy in love with the USA by the way, or they were when I lived there. <BR/><BR/>Amadeo, interesting about the Liberty ships in the Phils. I'd never heard that. Too bad they didn't keep one around for display purposes...too expensive I guess.<BR/><BR/>PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149885677009529712006-06-10T06:41:00.000+10:002006-06-10T06:41:00.000+10:00Yet another fantastic piece of writing. This post...Yet another fantastic piece of writing. This post has no pictures attached, but I could "see" everything you were writing about. Very entertaining and informative. There is a best-selling novel in you somewhere, it just hasn't come out yet.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395213867250164505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149870685001324102006-06-10T02:31:00.000+10:002006-06-10T02:31:00.000+10:00Just a little additional trivia on old warships, s...Just a little additional trivia on old warships, since we Filipinos are quite familiar with some of them.<BR/><BR/>They were the liberty ships that were used during WWII that became the workhorses of the nascent shipping industry in the Philippines. Many of us who did any traveling inter-island rode in one of them since they were scattered throughout the islands, hopping from one island to Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149856850578287582006-06-09T22:40:00.000+10:002006-06-09T22:40:00.000+10:00Phil:The USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 was my boat! I was on ...Phil:<BR/>The USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 was my boat! I was on her from 1987 to 1991. I was a machinist mate down the engineroom. There is new one, the LHD-7. The same nameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149854319962787042006-06-09T21:58:00.000+10:002006-06-09T21:58:00.000+10:00Thanks Jonathan, glad you enjoyed it. AND there's ...Thanks Jonathan, glad you enjoyed it. AND there's MORE where that came from! (chuckle)PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149843288237574332006-06-09T18:54:00.000+10:002006-06-09T18:54:00.000+10:00reading your work (especially bits like this) is a...reading your work (especially bits like this) is always a joy.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06733451528689437498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149817457056597532006-06-09T11:44:00.000+10:002006-06-09T11:44:00.000+10:00Hey Amadeo, a marine would say, "join the marines ...Hey Amadeo, a marine would say, "join the marines and conquer the world!" Do they really feel that way? Absolutely! and without apology.<BR/><BR/>The Iwo Jima commissioned in 1960 was not mothballed, it was scrapped. It was an East Coast ship and did not end up at Vallejo. The bridge was removed and is on display in Houston. <BR/><BR/>I loved most of the Liberians I met. I was not so impressed PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-1149808726999182212006-06-09T09:18:00.000+10:002006-06-09T09:18:00.000+10:00Phil:Nostalgic about those old de-commissioned war...Phil:<BR/><BR/>Nostalgic about those old de-commissioned warships? Click on the link below:<BR/><BR/>http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/15231976/in/set-56935/<BR/><BR/>And view several pictures of where they are now. Might even recognize the USS Iwo Jima among them.<BR/><BR/>On every trip we take from SF to Sacramento, we pass through this area, Suisun Bay, where all these "mothballed" ships Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.com