TRIVIA #2

[bradfordkay]

Definitely D.

[Ian R]

D
 

[trojan58]

B

[sanch]

E - cause I've read enough about the history of the other places - and I don't recall any of them saying anything about this fort.

[Local Yokel]

C - Because it's the outcast no-one else has picked.  Also, '1902' suggests a date shortly after the Spanish-American War, through which I think the US acquired Guam.

[Feinder]

Because it's the outcast no-one else has picked. Also, '1902' suggests a date shortly after the Spanish-American War, through which I think the US acquired Guam

And the Philipines... [;)]

(* shrug *)

I really don't know tho.

-F-

[Andrew Brown]

Not Singers. Definitely not Rabaul or Brisbane. Being entirely ignorant of Philippine architecture I am going to have to toss a coin.....

...Guam (C)?

[niceguy2005]

Now that I have guessed AND THEN googled it, when do we get the official answer? I would like to hear what others have to say about the fort.

[Mynok]

Clark.

[DSwain]

I'm going to go with B due to the German connection

[Knavey]

And the correct answer is D. Good job to those that got it correctly! Seeadler after only 13 minutes!



My source was An Annotated Pictorial History of Clark Air Base: 1899-1986.



I found out this bit of trivia when I was looking for a shot of the airfield.

It was in fact established by American cavalry forces stationed in the Philipines and named after Captain John Stotsenburg who was killed in action in the PI in 1899.

[Knavey]

PS...
 
Apparently those pillars pictured in the photo were used as filler to repair the runways when the Japanese took over.  Sometime in the '60s they were unearthed and are once again displayed at the site.
 
Anyone ever been there or seen them?

[Dutch_slith]

ORIGINAL: Knavey

RULES: No looking up the answer before posting your response. Guesses only or first hand knowledge. I will post my source later so you cannot get a clue from the title.


Fort Stotsenburg (the alias of a popular WitP site) is located where?

a) Singapore
b) Rabaul
c) Guam
d) Clark
e) Brisbane

d) Clark Field

[Charbroiled]

Here is a picture from Wikipedia. Same view....different background. Or maybe from the opposite direction?

[juliet7bravo]

xxx

[Don Bowen]

This is the old main gain to Fort Stotsenburg - location of Clark Field.

I was there in 1967. My Father was there in 1945.