"Subic Bay" is a remarkably vivid retrospective novel about the American naval base and the people at Subic Bay and Olongapo, Philippines. Cultivated over fifty years, the mixture of civilians, naval personnel, and Philippine nationals bred an interdependent and colorful community residing in the area. Mill's penetrating narrative explores the lives and relationships of this unlikely cultural assortment and examines the bonds which made its dissolution painful for so many. Centered around the activities of the U.S.N.S. ...
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"Subic Bay" is a remarkably vivid retrospective novel about the American naval base and the people at Subic Bay and Olongapo, Philippines. Cultivated over fifty years, the mixture of civilians, naval personnel, and Philippine nationals bred an interdependent and colorful community residing in the area. Mill's penetrating narrative explores the lives and relationships of this unlikely cultural assortment and examines the bonds which made its dissolution painful for so many. Centered around the activities of the U.S.N.S. "Spice," a United States Navy supply vessel and its crew members, "Subic Bay" steers readers through the waning years of an historic American era covering the period from the early 1980s through the Desert Storm conflict in 1990 until the installation shut down in 1991.
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