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on 10 December 1941, heavily damaged the Cavite Navy Yard. Japanese forces occupied Cavite in January 1942. the Japanese continued to use Sangley and Cavite for basically the same purpose. They rehabilitated and expanded the facilities and used them for the repair of their own craft and the
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had “no objection" to an offer building a P508-billion airport complex on reclaimed land in Sangley Point. The upcoming international airport was pursued as a joint venture between investors, including Chinese enterprises, and the Cavite LGU.
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313:Cañacao Bay
262:Vietnam War
234:Philippines
222:Cavite City
95:In use
1075:Categories
914:16 January
891:References
408:smokestack
388:Corregidor
381:Manila Bay
226:Manila Bay
957:7 October
596:Subic Bay
546:submarine
436:Baltimore
416:USS
403:McCulloch
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390:after 11
370:USS
366:Subic Bay
359:USS
352:Commodore
282:peninsula
174:Direction
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567:Japanese
298:Acapulco
294:sangleys
203:Asphalt
181:Surface
1022:7 March
731:Seabees
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463:Olympia
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441:Raleigh
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418:Raleigh
361:Olympia
357:aboard
286:Chinese
178:Length
162:Runways
144:Summary
996:26 May
603:runway
458:Boston
455:, and
446:Petrel
377:Havana
252:, and
232:, the
230:Manila
200:2,367
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518:Jason
372:Maine
87:Built
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