USNS Barrett (T-AP-196) Postcard Updates

The USNS Barrett postcard received a lot of comments from people who had sailed on it.

(1) from San Francisco to Vietnam in April 1968 for 3 months
(2) from San Francisco to Manila, and back to San Francisco in 1956
(3) from San Francisco to Honolulu in May 1954
(4) from San Francisco to Subic Bay, Philippines in 1962 for 32 days
(5) from the Philippines to the US (Guam to Pearl Harbor and then on to San Francisco) on April 19, 1957
(6) from Guam to San Francisco in in August 1957

Thank you so much to those who shared their experiences.

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USNS Barrett (T-AP-196) Postcard

M1337: Cuadros Filipinos Postcard

Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"
Postcard Type: View card
Printed by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon City
Purchased at Goodwill Bookstore

The postcard shows one of the dances in the "Cuadros Filipinos de Ayer y de Hoy," a festival of religious and secular practices in the Philippines after the arrival of the Spaniards.

The back of the postcard reads:
Marry-making is engaged in "Cuadros Filipinos" (Picture of Philippine Yesteryears). From FILIPINESCAS: Philippine Life, Legend and Lore in Dance.

M1337: Cuadros Filipinos Postcard

SOURCE:
The resurgence of a national dance treasure

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M1307: Underpass-Overpass Postcard

Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"
Postcard Type: View card
Printed by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon City
Purchased at Goodwill Bookstore

The postcard shows an underpass-overpass along the Taft Avenue. Also seen is the Old Congress Building or the Old Legislative Building, which was home to various legislative bodies of the Philippine government. It is currently home of the National Art Gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines.

The back of the postcard reads:
Underpass-Overpass, along Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines. Seen in the background is the Legislative Building, seat of the Philippine Government (sic).

M1307: Underpass-Overpass Postcard

M1019: Banawe Rice Terraces Postcard

Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"
Postcard Type: View card
Printed by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon City
Purchased at Goodwill Bookstore
This is another postcard showing the famous Banawe Rice Terraces.

The back of the postcard reads:
Banawe Rice Terraces
(8th Wonder of the World) Philippines

M1019: Banawe Rice Terraces Postcard

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M1009: Banawe Rice Terraces Postcard

Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"
Postcard Type: View card
Printed by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon City
Purchased at Goodwill Bookstore

This is another postcard showing the famous Banawe Rice Terraces.

The back of the postcard reads:
Banawe Rice Terraces
Mountain Province, Philippines
An amazing and magnificent engineering feat by the Igorot tribes, built some 2,000 years ago and totalling (sic) over 1,200 miles in length. Considered as the eighth wonder of the world

M1009: Banawe Rice Terraces Postcard

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