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Started in 1951 during the Korean war, the job of building the base involved the greatest earth-moving project since the Panama Canal: 85 feet of solid earth and rock were hacked from the top of Mount Maritan, and millions of tons of coral rock were dredged from the nearby China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Biggest Base | 8/6/1956 | See Source »

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