num_pages: 354
description: Early in the 20th century, the hoofbeats of U.S. Cavalry horses were a familiar sound at America’s new base in the Philippines. At the beginning of WWII, Japanese bombs destroyed American planes on the runway. After the war, the base played a vital role, providing men and equipment to wars in Korea and Vietnam…until the 1991 monster eruption of Mt. Pinatubo sent American airmen away, never to return. This gritty, poignant, humorous, and sometimes disturbing chronicle reconstructs the 90-year history of what was the largest, and one of the most colorful, overseas United States military bases. That story is told in previously unpublished letters, writings, and personal accounts by the men, women, and families who were stationed there.
language: English
title: GI Joe Doesn't Live Here Anymore: A History of Clark Air Base, America’s Mighty Air Force Bastion in the Philippines
titlecomplete: GI Joe Doesn't Live Here Anymore: A History of Clark Air Base, America’s Mighty Air Force Bastion in the Philippines
ratings_count: 3
publisher: PublishAmerica