Click a description or thumbnail to display it below 1963 Sep - liberty in Olongopo Chevy Impala rented for trip Linda in San Antonio Linda close-up in car Linda in Manila Linda in Manila 2 Linda in Manila 3 Makati abuilding Makati on a Sunday Makati luxory items store Makati boulevard office towers Makati boulevard office towers 2 Makati home Makati home Makati home Makati home Makati home Manila in distance Manila - getting there Rizal past University Rizal WWII monument Rizal WWII cemetery Rizal Linda and white crosses Rizal Linda WWII Memorial Rizal Linda WWII Memorial

These pictures come from slides taken with a 35mm camera purchased for my mother just prior to ending an 18 month tour in the Republic of the Philippines.  My closest friend at the time, Linda, and I rented a chauffeur driven red Chevy Impala (at $6 per day, including the driver) to visit Manila.  We toured the Makati-Rizal area which encompassed the new high-rise office buildings, elite shopping center, upscale suburbs, the University of the Philippines and the cemetery dedicated to the Filipino and American lives lost in the archipelago during World War II. Although I didn't know it at the time, this was my last trip to Manila.  A couple weeks after this trip, orders came directing me to report to Washington, D.C. IMMEDIATELY (or within 72 hours) for what was to become a 13 month investigation into why I no longer wanted to be in the intelligence gathering business.  During that 13 month tour in D.C., I learned how to drive while chauffeuring high ranking members of the intelligence community around the Washington, D.C. area - mostly in a brand new Chrysler station wagon, the model with buttons instead of a gear shifting lever.

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