SUBIC AFTER PINATUBO ERUPTION

SUBIC AFTER PINATUBO ERUPTION. Photos from the US Navy archives show the San Roqué chapel (Left) and the Binictican housing area in the former Subic Naval Base still covered in volcanic ash and sand and fallen debris after the June 15, 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption. The volcanic eruption and the rejection by the Philippine Senate of a new bases treaty with the United States led to the withdrawal of US military forces and the subsequent establishment of the Subic Bay Freeport.