To be reunited with their loved ones in Christ. Feeling the pains of this world no more and in the presence of Love forever.
For to them, it will be as waking from a deep sleep, to new vistas fresher than the Garden of Eden and with more friends than they are able to count.
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Clark Cemetery
Clark cemetery site was established
in 1950 and contains non-World
War II related remains from
the base and other U.S. cemeteries
in Manila. It Is the last active
USAF cemetery outside of the U.S..
The graves date back to 1900.
All branches of the United States
armed forces are represented
as well as PHILIPPINE Scouts,
Philippine Constabulary, and citizens
of other nations. The CEMETERY
contains 12,000 grave sites in an area
encompassing 20.365 acres.
Erected by thirteenth Air Force, 4 July 1984
The Clark Veterans Cemetery was budgeted for and maintained by the U.S. Air Force from 1947 to 1991. When the Air Force departed the Philippines in November 1991, an MOA was signed with the Philippine Air Force where the latter agreed to provide proper care for the cemetery. In less than two years, Clark Development Corporation (CDC) took over control of the cemetery. No care was provided to the cemetery by the Philippine AF/CDC from November 1991 to June 1994.
VFW Post 2485 took over the job of maintaining the cemetery after deciding the cemetery condition dishonored all veterans buried there. A work force of U.S. volunteers (from various veterans’ organizations) was organized for the initial cleanup. Limited funds derived from donations were utilized.
In November 1994, VFW Post 2485 signed an MOA with CDC giving the VFW permission to maintain the Clark Cemetery and open it for burials of U.S. veterans, including Philippine Scouts. This MOA was renewed in February 2001 and again in March 2006 with an expiration date of March 2031.
The cemetery work force consists of a cemetery chairman from VFW Post 2485, five full time local nationals, and various other volunteers as needed to do the entire cemetery maintenance.
In February 1996, CDC contracted for grass cutting, approximately 10 days per month, and a clean-up crew for trash and leaves on a daily basis. This didn’t work out, so now VFW Post 2485 takes care of the entire cemetery maintenance.
At one time, support from the U.S. Congress to resolve the cemetery funding problems was led by Representative Montgomery in the Committee for Veteran Affairs. This action apparently died from lack of interest.
The Clark Veterans Cemetery receives no U.S. or Philippine government funding. VFW Post 2485 can only budget cemetery maintenance through money donations from various individuals, military organizations, veterans groups, and civic/business organization
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The Clark Veterans Cemetery was formed between 1947 and 1950 by moving the headstones/markers and remains from at least four other U.S. military cemeteries (Fort Stotsenburg 1 & 2, Fort McKinley, and Sangley Point naval cemetery) to the new 20.365 acre, 12,000 plot cemetery located just inside the main gate of Clark Air Base. All WWII dead were moved to the American Cemetery in Manila.
With corruption in the US in the proper burial and markings of our brave soldiers, coupled with recent discoveries of dumbo not allowing the word God to be used in burials in Houston, this administration could are less about our brave soldiers.
http://www.mammothtimes.com/content/buster-big-black-lab-helps-bring-home-missing-marines
I’ve been there as we have a company on the former Clark Air Force Base which is the hub of one of our companies in Asia. It wasn’t as presentable as it should be. But no one almost goes there. Pissed me off when 3 graves were just open and one of our colleagues just covered it and bought flowers for the graves. He paid cash to the security people to have them clean up part of the graves right after business were done with the locals.
The entire complex/AFB Devt is supposedly haunted and I “sort of” believed it. The 5 most haunted places in the Philippines is Clark AB. It’s bigger than USC and UCLA combined and the guards told me never to be around during night time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuuZUjhTkHc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paJt4apVE9Y
(it’s in Tagalog but the 2nd part is about the haunted AFB)
http://www.military.com/news/article/us-ignores-vet-graves-in-philippines.html?ESRC=navy.nl
It brought back memories of my seeing the Clark AFB, Philippines, Cemetary back in the late 1980's, when I was stationed at the former Subic Bay Navy Base, Philippines. I made a few weekend runs up to Angeles City for a change of scenery from the Subic Bay area and once for a batchelors party during my time there.
You could see the Clark Cemetary and Main Gate Monument from across one of the main drags in Angeles City, Field (or Fields) Avenue. Clark AFB property took up one side of Field Avenue and many drinking/bar establishments took up the other side with street and entry views of the base and cemetary.
Below are a couple of links that document the history of the former U.S. Clark Air Force base in Angeles City, RP that might be of interest to those who passed thru there.
There is still a significant population of American Military Retirees (both Filipino and non-Filipino) and Veterans residing in the areas around our former major military installations in the Philippines, Subic Bay Naval Base and Clark Air Force Base. There are active VFW and American Legion Posts in both the Angeles City area and Subic Bay area. Many who have passed away there in the past few years are buried at Clark Cemetary.