About 20 years later, I revisited the Cavite Naval Base with my three young kids to show them where I grew up and spent my childhood and teen years. Upon entering the base, we turned right to where our Quonset hut used to be. My heart sunk when I saw that the Quonset hut homes that used to line the sea wall off Bacoor Bay, especially our quarters, were no longer there, now replaced by concrete structures.  What used to be the Officer’s Country was now a housing area for enlisted personnel a...

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