Pictures for 1969-1972 Need Help to ID

[newsunabe]

HI,
These are pictures from the Suicide Cliff area taken between 1969-1972.
Can anyone tell me what they were about. There is one on the side to the back with the water buffalo in it. Any help would be much appreciated.

Carol

[Oxmix]

WOW!!! Most people have a cat or dog as a pet. :grin1:

Keep posting pictures. There can never be to many pictures posted here.

Regards

Ox

[P_chan]

Where are the Suicide Cliffs? IIRC there are a lot of cliffs in okinawa that people jumped off of during The Battle of Okinawa.

[hankypanky]

I think they are just outside Muku's back door:D

[newsunabe]

This was known as Reimi Moument. It is the Peace Memorial Park area now, I do beleive.
In 1972 it was called Mubuni Peqce Park.

Carol

[TheLastDon]

The Peace Memorail park is in the area called Mabuni.
I believe if you walk to the top of the hill you will see the markers you posted in the other thread.

This google image is a little obscured by the clouds but I think it's the area you are looking for.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=26.092767,127.72314&spn=0.005984,0.011061&t=h&z=17

[Hawk7173]

I believe they are south of Ittoman which is south of Shurii if I remember correctly. Towards the end of the battle for Okinawa, the Japanese soldiers forced many of the Okinawa civilians, men, women and children to jump off the cliffs to their death on the jagged rocks below. It was told that the Japanes soldiers told the Okinawans that the US military were giants and that they would rape and murder the women and eat their children. Better to die at their own hand than to become the pray of these giants.

I was at the cliffs sometime in 1973.

[newsunabe]

Hi,
The Marines are the ones that guarded the Air Force. I remember my husband telling me during the strike that the flight line guys were to fend off any intruders with their wrenches or whatever they could find, until the Marines got to their position. The flight line was huge and I can't remember where they had put the Marines. Thankfully no one got onto to the flight line, so no one was hurt. I know that knowing the Marines were there made me feel better. Thanks for being there.
Carol

[hankypanky]

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[Hawk7173]

I arrived on the Island in early August of 72. I remember the protesters outside the main gates at then Camp Butler. I lived off base and had to sneak out the back gate to go home and then sneak back in in the morning. Was told not to wear nothing but civvies.

[chiefk]

Hi,
The Marines are the ones that guarded the Air Force. I remember my husband telling me during the strike that the flight line guys were to fend off any intruders with their wrenches or whatever they could find, until the Marines got to their position. The flight line was huge and I can't remember where they had put the Marines. Thankfully no one got onto to the flight line, so no one was hurt. I know that knowing the Marines were there made me feel better. Thanks for being there.
Carol
Do you remember what kind of airplanes your husband worked on? I was there from 1968-1972 in SAC working on the flightline in the hydraulic shop.

[Hawk7173]

For the most part, all I saw were the Habu on occassion and fuel tankers. A few fighters once in a while, but I was under the understanding that they weren't allowed to have bombers there is support of Nam.

[Crazysix]

For the most part, all I saw were the Habu on occassion and fuel tankers. A few fighters once in a while, but I was under the understanding that they weren't allowed to have bombers there is support of Nam.

sssshhhhh dont tell any body OPSEC LMAO:thumbup:

[Crazysix]

ok any body got PICS from da bush aka koza