Location: Clark Field, Angeles City, Pampanga (Region III)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Military Camp
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: September 1, 2003
Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker text:
CLARK FIELD
(FORT STOTSENBURG)
DATING PATI O PAMAYANAN NG MGA AETA. NAGING CAMP STOTSENBURG BILANG PAGGUNITA KAY COL. JOHN MILLER STOTSENBURG NG 1ST NEBRASKA REGIMENT, 1902. LUPANG-LAAN PARA SA HUKBO NG ESTADOS UNIDOS, 1 SETYEMBRE 1903. NAGTAYO NG PALIPARAN AT TINAWAG NA CLARK FIELD BILANG PAGGUNITA SA PILOTONG SI MAJ. HAROLD MERVILLE CLAR, 1919. SINALAKAY NG MGA HAPON, 8 DISYEMBRE 1941. POOK NG LABANAN NG MGA SUNDALONG AMERIKANO, PILIPINO AT HAPON, 1945. NANATILI SA PAMAMAHALA NG ESTADOS UNIDOS AYON SA KASUNDUANG BASE MILITAR NG RP–US, 1947. CLARK AIR FORCE BASE, 1949. ISINARA, 1991. NAGING CLARK SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, 1992.
sir/ma'am, Clark Field has not been in use for decades. In fact, it was already Clark Air Base when Mt. Pinatubo erupted in 1991. And since then, it has evolved into the present-day Clark Freeport Zone (previously Clark Special Economic Zone) which is an economic, industrial and logistics hub, AND NOT a military camp.
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