Okinawa 1940's - 50's - 60's - 70's -PG-13

[DesertDonn]

I moved this over from the Meet and Greet forum on the recommendation of some of the replies I got. Seems there may be more old timers over here that might have the answers I am looking for.

I was stationed on Okinawa at Kadena from 1963 to 67, except for some TDY to Nam. Okinawa was and is a beautiful and interesting island. I did a lot of photography while I was there and have been collecting paper items, books, photos, postcards, etc. related to Okinawa during the US possession period from 45 to 72 for a long time now. I have some old photos from the late 40’s - early 50’s that I am trying to get some information about so I thought I would try the forum and see if there were any real old timers out there that may know something about them.

Here are a couple showing a military club, named the Typhoon Terrace. The photos are around 1946-1949, probably closer to 46. Trying to find out what branch of service it might have been and where it was located. Also a better date if someone has it.
http://aztrader.home.mindspring.com/tt1.jpg
http://aztrader.home.mindspring.com/tt2.jpg

I have some other early ones of a USO and some PX’s if anyone is interested, also need some help in figuring out the location and dates for those.

Thanks
Desertdonn

[Old Timer]

Googled and found this on FLICKR. Is this you?



http://www.flickr.com/photos/eviljungleprince/2621261289/

[DesertDonn]

No I think these may be from the guy that was selling the photos on Ebay, I just bought the Typhoon Terrace pictures on Ebay and I recognize a lot of the photos as others that were being sold on Ebay.

[DesertDonn]

I just posted some other photos on my thread on Meet and Greet if anyone is interested.

[Bob W]

Hey Don,
Cool photo's:thumbup1: it's a possible that may have been over in the Camp Foster Housing area in what is now the Wing HQ area. Just a guess as we used to find silver coins detecting a site that looks like a building like that could have been on it long ago.

[Old guy]

that looks like the club at Kuwae but a different name, i'd have to dig through some old photos to see.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/JohnWayneatKueHospital67.jpg
John Wayne @ Camp Kue Hospital 1967

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/KadenaCarnival.jpg
Kadena Carnival

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaGeishaGirl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaGirl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaHomes.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaLadies.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaStripper-1.jpg

Regards

Ox

[jrademacher]

these are awesome photos

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaTraffic.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/BucknerBay1973.jpg
Buckner Bay 1973

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/CampKrustyPatch.jpg
Camp Krusty

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MarineBarracksandEMclub.jpg
Marine Barracks & EM Club @ Sukiran

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/SukuranMarineBarracks.jpg
Marine Barracks @ Sukiran

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MSAArea2ndLogacrossfromshopinMac-1.jpg
2nd Log @ Machinato

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/YakaBeach.jpg
Yaka Beach

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

Here are a few more from the old days file
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/KOZA65.jpg
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/BC66.jpg
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/FDS46.jpg
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/GF47.jpg
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/GIK66.jpg
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/KC4647.jpg

[TLCoki]

Good stuff. I've always wondered what Oki looked like back in the day. Thanks for sharing.

[chiefk]

Thanks for the pictures, I am adding them to my collection.

[Oxmix]

These gals have to be at least as old as I am or older. Possibly pushing 70.

Hey Sex Wax. Why not have an old stripper nigh at Fuji. :grin1:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaBarGirlb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaBarGirla.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaStripperi.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaStripperd.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Here are a few more from the old days file

http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/BC66.jpg

Here's how the bar at the end of the street looked in later years.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/KozaBCSt1970.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

You notice that bar at the end used to be Club Cavern. I remember that from the late 60's. Your later picture (Fire) is after reversion as you can see by the international traffic signs and the road is marked for driving on the left side. That puts it after 1978.

[Oxmix]

I actually went into the Cavern once.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

You notice that bar at the end used to be Club Cavern. I remember that from the late 60's. Your later picture (Fire) is after reversion as you can see by the international traffic signs and the road is marked for driving on the left side. That puts it after 1978.

I wonder if the building is still there and if so what type of business is in there now?

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

I actually went into the Cavern once.

Regards

Ox

I'm sure I was in there many times but I don't remember the details. I used to start at the Town Club way up the street. By the time I got to the Cavern I'm sure my memory would be fading!

[TheLastDon]

I wonder if the building is still there and if so what type of business is in there now?

Regards

Ox

I think that's were Korinza mall is now. :scratchchin:

[L1731bat]

The Club Cavern is the first strip show I saw on Okinawa in Sept. 63. A real good looking chick performed a mock solo self assist conceiled by a fancy scarf, while squirming on the bandstand floor. One of the roads shown beside the club led to an off limits town we used to call "New Koza"

[chiefk]

The Club Cavern is the first strip show I saw on Okinawa in Sept. 63. A real good looking chick performed a mock solo self assist conceiled by a fancy scarf, while squirming on the bandstand floor. One of the roads shown beside the club led to an off limits town we used to call "New Koza"

That would have been the road to the right. I used to go to New Koza in 1968-1969. The bars were A-Sign then so not off limits. I just remember the crap drinks made with some kind of phony booze in the American whiskey bottles!

[Oki alumni]

Hey gals and guys. Popped into my head yesterday during one of my "semi lucid" moments with this damn sickness I've got. All you picture AND local history buffs can probably find a MINE of stuff at the local installation History offices. I worked briefly for the History Office at Yokota, and I spent a LOT of time checking out "how things were". Weekend is on us, so file this among things to do when you've got the free time during the week.

-Oki Alumni:old: (Who remembered what he'd forgotten that he'd remembered.)

[Oxmix]

That would have been the road to the right. I used to go to New Koza in 1968-1969. The bars were A-Sign then so not off limits. I just remember the crap drinks made with some kind of phony booze in the American whiskey bottles!

From what a friend told me, New Koza was the place to go in the 50's. By 1968 it was the place to stay away from. It was pretty low class compared to BC St.
One of the reasons I drank beer was because of the "Phony Booze". It was safer also. When In Juarez we use to drink beer and it had to be brought to us unopened. With mixed drinks it was easy for them to slip a Micky in it, also you didn't know if the ice was made with good old Mexican tap water and not bottled water. In Vietnam the ice in your drink could contain ground glass.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Hey gals and guys. Popped into my head yesterday during one of my "semi lucid" moments with this damn sickness I've got. All you picture AND local history buffs can probably find a MINE of stuff at the local installation History offices. I worked briefly for the History Office at Yokota, and I spent a LOT of time checking out "how things were". Weekend is on us, so file this among things to do when you've got the free time during the week.

-Oki Alumni:old: (Who remembered what he'd forgotten that he'd remembered.)

I wish I was on Okinawa so I could do just that. There must be a ton of cool pictures.

Regards

Ox

[Oki alumni]

I wish I was on Okinawa so I could do just that. There must be a ton of cool pictures.

Regards

Ox

Ox buddy, if you can get a mailing address, the HO's will most likely be more than willing to make copies for ya. The one I worked in did, and there wasn't any charge to the "customer" at all.

-Oki Alumni:old:

[L1731bat]

Does anyone remember "Blackie the Photographer". He was the main man for unit yearbooks and Okinawa cultural pictures back when I was there. In fact I have two yearbooks full of Okinawa pictures.

[Old Timer]

Does anyone remember "Blackie the Photographer". He was the main man for unit yearbooks and Okinawa cultural pictures back when I was there. In fact I have two yearbooks full of Okinawa pictures.


http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/tmoo_1957-61.shtml

[DesertDonn]

Does anyone remember "Blackie the Photographer". He was the main man for unit yearbooks and Okinawa cultural pictures back when I was there. In fact I have two yearbooks full of Okinawa pictures.

Here are a few photos from some photo packs that Blackie sold on Okinawa in the mid-1950's.

Tea House August Moon, probably 1956-57 based on the new looking 1956 Plymouth parked in the front. The tea house opened in Dec 1952.
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/1894.jpg

http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/1898.jpg

Tea House dancers at Naminoue
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/1905.jpg

Okinawan Sumo match
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/1885.jpg

Barracks or other military building during a typhoon, no indication where on Okinawa.
http://Aztrader.home.mindspring.com/1879.jpg

[Oxmix]

Ox buddy, if you can get a mailing address, the HO's will most likely be more than willing to make copies for ya. The one I worked in did, and there wasn't any charge to the "customer" at all.

-Oki Alumni:old:

Would anyone happen to know an address where I might send a request?

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/YouthBaseballPatch1966.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oki alumni]

Would anyone happen to know an address where I might send a request?

Regards

Ox

Ox...here's a starting point. You can ask the Historian here at Yokota for the addresses of those on Okinawa. Let him/her know that you're interested in ALL branches of service, otherwise you'll probably only get a reference for the Kadena Historian.

374th AW/HO
Attn: Wing/USFJ Historian
APO AP 96328

Best of luck my friend. Hopefully this will be a cake-walk.

-Oki Alumni:old:

[Oxmix]

Bob Hope Christmas Show in 1968. We drew names to see who would get to go. I didn't get to go. I did drive by the stadium while the show was in progress.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/BobHopeonOkinawa1968.jpg

Regards

Ox

[dustymars]

Oxmix, I remember a similar scene with Ann Margret and Bob Hope back in either 1961 or 62, but it was at some civilian club or whatnot close to Naha AB. Many other comedians and good looking chicks were in the group too. The good old days! :)

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/ClubPeacockOkinawa.jpg
Club Peacock

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MachinatoNCOClubOkinawa.jpg
Machinato NCO Club

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MachinatoVFWOkinawa.jpg
Machinato VFW

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MissileShopOkinawa.jpg
Missile Shop

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/ShopOkinawa.jpg
Shop In Machinato I use to work out of this place.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Site5Okinawa1961.jpg
Site #5. Typical Nike Site

Regards

Ox

[Oki alumni]

OUTSTANDING pictures!!!!!!! Many, many, thanks for sharing them with us ALL...even the "old" alumni like myself at a young 62 years of age.

-Oki Alumni :old:

[juierickey]

Does anyone remember "Blackie the Photographer". He was the main man for unit yearbooks and Okinawa cultural pictures back when I was there. In fact I have two yearbooks full of Okinawa pictures.

Hello,
I was a young girl in Okinawa from 1964-1967. My family knew Blackie personally. My dad was also stationed at Kadena AFB. Blackie attended Koza Baptist Church and took many pictures for our church and the families who attended. I have the Okinawan Children in Pictures book still. I have many happy memories living in Okinawa during those years. I attended Mercy Elementary...a school for Americans who lived off base.

[ryukyuboi]

I attended Mercy Elementary School - but I lived on base at the time.

[Sonny_is_Funny]

man. oki chicks were still cute back then... maybe even cuter cause they looked classier. that i like.... i would have like to have been here back then. except that non of the black folk look like they havin fun but i mean.... we don:t look like it in pics now why should 40^60 years ago been diff?

[Oxmix]

man. oki chicks were still cute back then... maybe even cuter cause they looked classier. that i like.... i would have like to have been here back then. except that non of the black folk look like they havin fun but i mean.... we don:t look like it in pics now why should 40^60 years ago been diff?

Having been there 40 years ago I don't recall the "Black folk" not having fun. Two of the places where they gathered were Koza 4 Corners aka: The Bush, and the Ebb Tide club on the base at Sukiran.

Yes there were some really good looking gals back then. All or most all of the bar girls were Okinawan and many of them were looking for American husbands. Lots of good times to be had. I sure miss those days. I was in the right place at the right time. Damn, it was good.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Another picture of the 1968 Bob Hope Christmas Show.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Bob_Hope_Show_big.jpg

Regards

ox

[The Dark Knight]

Former photog on Okinawa- http://maineoutdoorstoday.com/crews/?cat=3

[Oxmix]

Former photog on Okinawa- http://maineoutdoorstoday.com/crews/?cat=3

David Crews. Dave and I have shared emails in the past about our Okinawa experiences. Do a name search and you will come up with a bunch of pictures and stories about his time on Okinawa. He also has a MySpace page.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Girls walking on B.C. St 1968

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/BCStreetb.jpg

Street vendor on B. C. St before it was a paved street.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/BCStreetbeforepaving.jpg

Gate 2 Street

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Gate2Streetb.jpg

Going North out of Naha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/GoingNorthOutOfNaha.jpg

Going North out of Naha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/GoingNorthOutOfNahab.jpg

Going North out of Naha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/GoingNorthOutOfNahac.jpg

Going North out of Naha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/GoingNorthOutOfNahad.jpg



Naminoue 1968

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Naminoue.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Kokusai Street

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/KokusaiStb.jpg

Kokusai Street

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/KokusaiSt.jpg

Market between B.C. Street and Gate 2 Street

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MarketoffofBCStreet.jpg

Regards

Ox

[P_chan]

Your pictures are always bad ass oxmix!:thumbup:

[Tanimaga]

It's amazing how much has changed and modernized, but still has the same look.

Parking spaces on the side of the road?? WOW!

[Oxmix]

Orion Bottle Cap

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/bottle_cap.jpg

3 Orions Old Style

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/orions.jpg

Lima House

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/lima_house.jpg

Maromi Alley

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MaromiAlley.jpg

Regards

Ox

Moromi Street

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MoromiStreet3.jpg

Okinawa Ariel View

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Okinawaa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Okinawab.jpg

Okinawan Sidewalk Sale

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/sale.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Shopping.jpg

Suzie & Sachiko

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/SuzieSachiko.jpg

[Oxmix]

Okinawa wedding at Naminoue.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/NamanoueShrine1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/NamanoueShrine4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/NamanoueShrine3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/NamanoueShrine.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Wedding5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Wedding6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Wedding7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Wedding8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Wedding9.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

Your picture of Moromi alley has the club Woof and Club Daiya in it. Club Daiya used to be my hangout in 1971/72. Unbelievable how many pictures you keep coming up with!!!!

[Oxmix]

The pictures seem to out there. It's a challenge to find them though.

Some of the neatest bars were off of the main drag. The GoGo was one of those. Located between Gate 2 and B. C. St. it had a very tiny sign. The inside was made up of psychedelic designs done in day glow paint with black lighting. It's to bad there was no band.

Regards

Ox

[Old Timer]

I found these by accident...no not mine. Check link.

http://thumb14.webshots.net/s/thumb1/3/21/22/25132122atGocaJCEe_th.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1025132122001107134atGocaJCEe)
http://thumb14.webshots.net/s/thumb2/3/20/94/25132094zjOJGVTliC_th.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1025132094001107134zjOJGVTliC)
http://thumb14.webshots.net/s/thumb3/3/21/93/25132193cfBcuNUfAx_th.jpg (http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1025132193001107134cfBcuNUfAx)

[dustymars]

Some 1960's vintage Nomanoue.

[dustymars]

Some vintage TeaHouse of August Moon 1961

[dustymars]

Some vintage bars in Naminoue

[dustymars]

Nagamine Dojo in 1960. Old dojo side entry.

[dustymars]

Some good old Naha AB stuff 1961-62

[dustymars]

we were wahoo champs for Okinawa in 1962. We caught them off Kumi Jima. Naha Airman's Club 1960. Used to play with the band on Saturday, hit some Chuck Berry licks so the jar heads would throw beer bottles.

Well, it's almost the 1950's

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/JALPostera.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

B52's @ Kadena in 1969

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Kadena1969.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Kadena19692.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Kadena1969-1-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Kadena1969-2-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/KadenaAFBOkinawa.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Okinawa Signs 1963. Note Spelling.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MufflerShop1963.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OpticalShopSign1963.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/SovineirStore1963.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/SteamHouse1963.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/TireShop1963.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

Those are the planes I was working on in 1969!

[Oxmix]

Those are the planes I was working on in 1969!

Did you ever frequent the Bar Kinbasha? It was just around the corner from the Cannon and up a flight of stairs.

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

I remember a bar being around the corner and upstairs. I may have been in there once in 1969 which I barely remember because we were drinking Akadama wine and I think it was spiked. I got picked up on BC ST. that night by the Navy Shore Patrol and they worked me over good. Maybe I had it coming! They then dropped me off at a RAFP station in between Gate 2 St. and BC St. The RAFP took me back to my barracks and turned me over to the CQ. I escaped about an hour later and went back to town!
Sorry this was so long!
Anyway that bar was not one of my frequents.

[Oxmix]

Chief,
The reason I asked was that there was a B52 Maintenance crew chief that I use to talk to at the Kinbasha. He actually told me a lot about the B52 and the SR71 Habu. He filled me in on the B52 crash at Kadena in November 1968. I thought that for just a minute that you and I might have met on Okinawa at the Kinbasha.

Can your wife translate the the Kinbash match box. I actually use to be the one who wrote Bar Kinbash on the match boxes.

Do you remember the Hotel Happiness? The Happiness owner's daughter Imiko married a fellow named Joe Wright. She was a bartender at the Cannon. A nice quite gal.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MatchBox0008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/MatchBox0005.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

No it wasn't me. I printed a copy of the box and will ask my wife to translate. I don't really remember that hotel, was it right at the corner behind Cannon club?

[chiefk]

Ox, The writing on the box according to my wife says "Joe-san, Thank you, I like you."

[dk]

Ox, The writing on the box according to my wife says "Joe-san, Thank you, I like you."
That's sweet. :)

[Oxmix]

Farming close to a B29.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/IMG_0418.jpg

B52

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/IMG_0426.jpg

They call Sukiran, Zukeran in 1953

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/IMG_0425.jpg

Tea House Of The August Moon

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/IMG_0419.jpg

Naha 1956

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/IMG_0423.jpg

What's At The Movies

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/IMG_0422.jpg

Naha Kokusai Dori

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/IMG_0421.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

Ox, I think your B-52 picture is somewhere other than Okinawa. There are 2 D, E or F models (tall vertical stabs) in this picture and the rest of the planes are G models. We never had G models at Kadena and we did not have a ramp where they would be lined up like that. We only had the tall tails and they were parked in revetments due to the bomb loads we carried which typically was 108 bombs.

[Oxmix]

Ox, I think your B-52 picture is somewhere other than Okinawa. There are 2 D, E or F models (tall vertical stabs) in this picture and the rest of the planes are G models. We never had G models at Kadena and we did not have a ramp where they would be lined up like that. We only had the tall tails and they were parked in revetments due to the bomb loads we carried which typically was 108 bombs.

I sorta wondered about that myself. I don't recall seeing 52's stacked up like that when I drove by Kadena. I thought that might have been a time different from when I was there.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Hair.gif

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

More pictures from the 1950's. As you can tell I got them off of eBay.
These pictures look more like the Okinawa I saw as I drove around Okinawa from one missile site to another.

Aza

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/AzaOkinawa.jpg

Itoman

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Itoman1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Itoman2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Itoman3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Itoman4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Itoman5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Itoman6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Itoman7.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Nago

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Nago1.jpg

Note the Welfare Office.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Nago2.jpg

Toguchi

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Toguchi1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Toguchi2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Toguchi3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Toguchi4.jpg

Yonabaru

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Yonabaru1.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaChildren.jpg

Regards

Ox

[gliza]

this thread is great. thanks to all.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaFarmer.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaGirls.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaProtest-3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaCampSukaran.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaStreetGirl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaStreetGirl2.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

Ox, I know that B-52. Notice there is no tail on it. The engines are also removed. That plane sat next to the fence on the hwy for a long time. There was a fire in the right forward wheel well caused by a brake catching fire. The aircraft was not repairable and was used for parts for a year or so. When all the B-52s left Okinawa, in 1971 I think, this airplane was sold to an Okinawan scrap company and they came in with torches and cut it up in sections and hauled it away. I had stole alot of parts off that plane and watched when it was cut up.

[Oxmix]

ChiefK,
I think that B52 still had it's tail in 1968. I use to drive by by that B52 on my way to repair Nike Launchers north of Kadena. I always found it interesting that the Okinawan's would farm right up to the fence. I probably saw the gent in the picture.

Regards

Ox

[Crazysix]

hey ox thanks for the pics, I really enjoy pic from old oki.........the women seemed to be thicker then, which is a good thing........any stories about KOZA or the bush????

[Oxmix]

hey ox thanks for the pics, I really enjoy pic from old oki.........the women seemed to be thicker then, which is a good thing........any stories about KOZA or the bush????

You should be able to find something here.

http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1336

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Demonstrations in 1969. I encountered demonstrators several times while in route to various Nike sites. They never cause me any trouble.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Okinawa1969.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Okinawa19690001.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Okinawaarticle1pg.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Okinawaarticle.jpg
Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/KadenaCasino.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/TeaHouseOfTheAugustMoon.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/TeaHouseOfTheAugustMoon2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaGirlonOverPass.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaHotelPlace.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaSexyMoodShow.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaYouths.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaSleepingMan.jpg

Regards

Ox

[ryukyuboi]

"The Road to Naminoue"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHvbtDz3bJI

[socalheart]

"The Road to Naminoue"

Is that a real song? or did the videographer make it up?
People are such camera hams regardless of the decade. lol. :D
Cops changing a tire on the side of the road. lol. :army:
Goat. lol. :-|
OMG a white girl! :eek:
Heh, same school uniforms.
I think some of those buildings are still around; same design as some on Courtney.

That was an interesting video. I'm guessing that's it's supposed to be Okinawa.

[chiefk]

That is a real song. I remember it from the 60's and the film is definitely Okinawa, probably also in the 60's.

[Oxmix]

That is a real song. I remember it from the 60's and the film is definitely Okinawa, probably also in the 60's.

I'll second that.

I was young and having some of the best times of my life. What am I saying, I'm still young. 62 is young right? :D

I'm one of the lucky ones. I don't feel much different than I did back then.
Regards

Ox

[kombu_kid]

Wow, that video is so cool!.......funny how things can change so much and still are somehow the same.......(that song reminded me of hearing Charlie Manson's songs in some documentary I saw).....:ohmy:......and cops driving around in '64 falcons?......awesome.

[DesertDonn]

Is that a real song? or did the videographer make it up?
People are such camera hams regardless of the decade. lol. :D
Cops changing a tire on the side of the road. lol. :army:
Goat. lol. :-|
OMG a white girl! :eek:
Heh, same school uniforms.
I think some of those buildings are still around; same design as some on Courtney.

That was an interesting video. I'm guessing that's it's supposed to be Okinawa.

The Road to Naminoue song was written and recorded by Ronnie Fray, a Canadian now living in Ontario, Canada. Ronnie and his group played in the clubs in the Far East and Okinawa in the late 60's. Below is the history of the song from an email I got from Ronnie.

Ronnie Fray “Road to Namanui” recording history

26 July 2008 Email
Hi Ronnie

HEY DONN

You said you recorded the CD in Detroit, would that mean that "Road" on the CD would be a rerecording of the original song?

YES, THAT IS CORRECT... THERE NEVER WAS A SINGLE 45RPM. IT'S JUST ONE SONG ON AN OLD ALBUM OF MINE CALLED ''WHY NOT'' AND IT'S NOT VERY GOOD.

Did you record the original song in the Far East,

NO, BUT SOMEONE GOT HOLD OF MY ALBUM AND PRESSED A FEW THOUSAND COPIES OF 'ROAD'... WITH 'HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN' BY THE ANIMALS ON THE FLIP SIDE (ON THE LOVE OR HEART RECORD LABEL) AND MADE A FEW BUCKS (I WOULD IMAGINE) ...

where was the record made?

MINE (ALBUM)...IN DETROIT...THE COPY (45rpm)....IN OKINAWA (I GUESS)

Do you have a copy of the original record?

I DO HAVE THE ALBUM (ONE ONLY). I USUALLY BURN A C.D. OF IT IF SOMEONE WANTS/ORDERS IT.. BECAUSE I HAVE IT LOADED INTO MY COMPUTER...ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER C.D.'S OF MINE. (ONE IS LIVE AT THE BAVARIAN INN ...IN G.R.)

What inspired you to write the song?
HA HA...WHA'DYA TINK?

MY FIRST TRIP TO NAHA IN '67/8..WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME....
I CAME BACK TO GRAND RAPIDS ...WROTE AND RECORDED THE SONG.. IN 1968/9 WENT BACK TO OKI THE THIRD TIME AND HEARD IT ON THE RADIO...
I ALMOST SH#@... I WAS BOTH PISSED OFF AND HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME...
I HAD A HIT RECORD IN OKINAWA AND I DIDN'T MAKE A DAMN DIME!!!

That’s the story of the Road to Naminoue song, below is a link to a Japanese video which shows the 45 pirated record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZxTbGnK-uA&feature=related

Video shows the 45 record in a jukebox on Okinawa about 2000?? House of the Rising Sun on the reverse.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Kadena.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Army2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Army.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Girls.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaSchoolBoy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaSchoolKids.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/SugarCane.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/WelcomeTo.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

For anyone who might be interested Bob Hope "The Vietnam Years" DVD has part of the 1968 Okinawa Christmas show.

While I personally was not able to attend the show I did drive past the stadium while the show was in progress.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/IMG_0470.jpg

Regards

Ox

[PNEUDRAULIC]

I remember the son from 1969. I have a 45 rpm of the song

[PNEUDRAULIC]

I remember the song from 1969. I have a 45 rpm of the song

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Okinawaa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaStreet.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaStreet2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaStreet3.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Tomari Port, Naha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TomariPortNahaOkinawa.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Tomari Port, Naha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TomariPortNahaOkinawa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TomariPortNahaOkinawa2jpg.jpg

Regards

Ox

[TheLastDon]

No date on that thing huh, that area is totally different now.

[Oxmix]

Note the Shrine of Naminoue in the distant upper right.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaStreet3-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaShrine.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaDancer1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaDancer2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaDancer3.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Village at Suicide Cliff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaVillageatSuicideCliff.jpg

Top of Suicide Cliff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaTopofSuicideCliff.jpg

Top of Suicide Cliff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaSuicideClifftopview.jpg

Suicide Cliff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaSuicideCliffsideview.jpg

Caves by Suicide Cliff where people hid before jumping off of Cliff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaCavesbySuicideCliff.jpg

Bones at Suicide Cliff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaSuicideCliffBones.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaTowerofReimei.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaReimeiMonument.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaShioyaCove.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Itomin Village

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaItominVillage.jpg

Okinawan Farmer

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaFarmer.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

I thought you might be interested in a new Okinawa video that was just put on the web. Check out the link below, Ronnie Fray did the song, and I did the video. You know the story about the song and the 45 record from my previous post on this thread.

http://musicians-home.ning.com/video/road-to-naminoue

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaCane.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaChinenShimajiri.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaFutemmaGU.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

I thought you might be interested in a new Okinawa video that was just put on the web. Check out the link below, Ronnie Fray did the song, and I did the video. You know the story about the song and the 45 record from my previous post on this thread.

http://musicians-home.ning.com/video/road-to-naminoue

COOL! That was good.

[Oxmix]

Currency used after the War. Front and back views of the notes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaMPC1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaMPC2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaMPC3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaMPC4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaMPC5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaMPC6.jpg

Regards

Ox

[YokohamaJo]

Great scans of the money, Oxmix,
Can I ask a (possibly dumb question)?
During the 50s and 60s was it only dollars that were used on Okinawa, or was there the yen, too sort of being used in parallel?
JM

[dk]

Man, Okinawa was so green back then. Bet it must've been great.

[Oxmix]

Great scans of the money, Oxmix,
Can I ask a (possibly dumb question)?
During the 50s and 60s was it only dollars that were used on Okinawa, or was there the yen, too sort of being used in parallel?
JM

I'm not sure when the change over from MPC to Dollas occured. I beleive it must have been sometime in the late 50's. The MPC shown was from 1955. When I was on Okinawa in the late 60's we used American dollars, no Yen.

Regards

Ox

[ryukyuboi]

I think the military currency was used on Okinawa until 1958. I remember using them, and then everyone had to turn in this currency for US dollars. The military currency was very colorful.

[chiefk]

I showed the B Yen pictures to my wife. She remembered it from when she was young. She was really surprised to see it as she had'nt seen any since it was phased out for dollars.

[Oxmix]

It was green. Many of the roads and streets were still dirt roads once you got off of the main roads. There were still many houses with grass roofs and TV antenna's sticking out of them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Gate2Street3.jpg

There were wooded areas even within the cities. I remember one such area close to Sukiran, on the side of the road. The area was thick with what looked like sumack and homeless people were actually living there.

Here is what it looked like across the street from the barracks. At first I thought that there might have been a par 3 golf course there, note golf ball, but then, having given it some thought, I have come to the conclusion that Okinawa must have been the location where the 1960's tv series The Prisoner was shot. I'm sure this is the same white sphere that chased down #6 any time he tried to escape from the "Village".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/44thOrdnanceStratcomDome.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/ThePrisoner.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/button2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/ar442.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DougP]

Oh man The Prisoner! :D Excelent!! Patrick McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009), may he rest in peace. :(

[Oxmix]

Oh man The Prisoner! :D Excelent!! Patrick McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009), may he rest in peace. :(

I loved that series. I have the series on DVD.

Regards

Ox

[YokohamaJo]

Thanks, Ox,
Appreciate the quick response,
JM

[socalheart]

Here is what it looked like across the street from the barracks. At first I thought that there might have been a par 3 golf course there, note golf ball...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/44thOrdnanceStratcomDome.jpg

I remember when there was only one of the "golf balls" also. As kids, we joked that it was King Kong's golf ball or ping pong ball. There are three there now... part of Fort Buckner Army Signal Battalion, I believe.

[P_chan]

Those aren't the only golf balls on island! I worked at the building with the golf balls on kadena near the post office. Those golf balls are what allows you to get your weather report!

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TeaHouseOfTheAugustMoon.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TeaHouseOfTheAugustMoon2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaBucknervillearea.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaBucknervillearea2.jpg

Regards

Ox

[mikersoft]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/44thOrdnanceStratcomDome.jpg



Cool pic!! I used to work in that golf ball. :D That particular one has been gone for nearly 15 years but was replaced with another in '94 or '95. It was an old AN/MSC-46 satellite terminal, which technically, was mobile (although, not quite tactical!). All of the comm. equipment was housed in semi truck trailers and the antenna was designed to be taken town and trailered away.

Here's what the inside of one of the semi trailers looked like:
http://www.1stsigbde.org/images/jmb012568_01.jpg

Here's the antenna as they were preparing to remove it.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/mikersoft/SCAN0004.jpg

Here are some pics of the replacement antenna and the beginning of the radome construction.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/mikersoft/SCAN0016.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n90/mikersoft/SCAN0018.jpg

-Mike

[Oxmix]

Mikersoft,
Those pictures are really cool.

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

I'm not sure when the change over from MPC to Dollas occured. I beleive it must have been sometime in the late 50's. The MPC shown was from 1955. When I was on Okinawa in the late 60's we used American dollars, no Yen.

Regards

Ox

Here is some additional information on the B Yen used on Okinawa, some of it is actually quite valuable today, just in case anyone wants to check what they have.

AMERICAN MILITARY CURRENCY USED ON OKINAWA “B” YEN
STARTING 26 MARCH 1945 KERAMA ISLANDS, 15 MILES WEST OF OKINAWA AND 1 APRIL 1945 ON OKINAWA.
ENDING ON 16 SEPT 1958. 5 DAY CONVERSION PERIOD, AND 10 DAY GRACE PERIOD ENDING 30 SEPT 1958.
AFTER 20 SEPT 1958 THE U.S. DOLLAR WAS THE ONLY LEGAL TENDER IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS UNTIL 1972.

DENOMINATION SERIAL LETTERS QUANTITY PRINTED
10 SEN A…………A 51,856,000
10 SEN H…………A UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE)
50 SEN A…………A 43,344,000
50 SEN H…………A UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE)
1 YEN A…………A 53,984,000
1 YEN B…………B 2,624,000
1 YEN C…………C 7,680,000
1 YEN D…………D 7,680,000
1 YEN H…………A UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE)
1 YEN B………… UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE
5 YEN A…………A 27,000,000
5 YEN B…………B 2,000,000
5 YEN H…………A UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE)
10 YEN A…………A 60,740,000
10 YEN H…………A UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE)
20 YEN A…………A 35,408,000
20 YEN H…………A UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE)
100 YEN A…………A 39,042,000
100 YEN H…………A UNKNOWN (REPLACEMENT NOTE)
1000 YEN A…………A 500,000
1000 YEN B…………B 500,000
1000 YEN C…………C 500,000
1000 YEN D…………D 1,000,000
1000 YEN E…………E 3,000,000

SOME OF THE SERIAL LETTER NOTES WERE PRINTED IN VERY LOW QUANTITIES AND ARE QUITE RARE AND VALUABLE

The list does not cut and paste to the web page very well but the key is the prefix and suffix letters on the serial number.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaCard1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaCard2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaNaminoueShrineNaha.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaNaminoueShrineNaha2.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaPortofNaha.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaPortofNaha2.jpg

Bar Girls circa 1955

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaBarGirl1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaBarGirl2.jpg

Regards

Ox

[hankypanky]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaPortofNaha.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaPortofNaha2.jpg

Bar Girls circa 1955

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaBarGirl1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaBarGirl2.jpg

Regards

Ox

That last pic reminded me when a friend and i were in iwakuni and he was sitting with this bar girl.. I kept trying to think why she had all this white paste on her face and her head was as big as a bowling ball. Then one of the other girls at the joint said, "that's not a she, it's a he"@! :-|

I tried to tell him, but he was getting something special under the table and wouldn't listen to me.

I have the pic somewhere, i'll have to scan it and put it up, even though it's early 80's and not the date of this thread

[Oxmix]

I met a gal up in Kin Village. She really had heavy white makeup on. I told her I thought that there was a pretty face under all of that white makeup. She told me that she thought that ll American's liked that style makeup. I told her that I didn't care for it myself. I stopped back a week later and was greeted by a gal in the same bar. She looked at me and said you don't recognize me without my white makeup do you? I smiled at her and said "I knew that there was a pretty face under all of that makeup". I interpreted her reaction to my telling her she was pretty as something that she had not heard before without her makeup.

She was no he. :grin1:

Regards

Ox

[Sponger]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/JohnWayneatKueHospital67.jpg
John Wayne @ Camp Kue Hospital 1967

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/KadenaCarnival.jpg
Kadena Carnival

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaGeishaGirl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaGirl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaHomes.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaLadies.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/OkinawaStripper-1.jpg

Regards

Ox

That train at the Kadena Carnaval brings back memories, I drove it in the early 70's. Actually I wrecked the last car taking Chistmas caroler around the base.

[Oxmix]

That train at the Kadena Carnaval brings back memories, I drove it in the early 70's. Actually I wrecked the last car taking Chistmas caroler around the base.

The things we learn here you can't find in books.

Do you have any pictures of you and the train?

Regards

ox

[Oxmix]

Found this site. Good story.

http://www.bobrohrer.com/pdf_files/okinawa_by_dave_law.pdf

Check out the links. Some really nice pictures.

http://www.bobrohrer.com/

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

Here are a few photos done by Bert Mosher in the late 40's to early 50's, he sold them in packs of 10 to GI's. Later on he opened American Photo Service, sold out and went back to the states in 1957.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%20Mosher%20Reid/File0564.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%20Mosher%20Reid/File0567.jpg Temple at Kin Village

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%20Mosher%20Reid/File0577.jpg This is the only time I have seen a drawbridge on Okinawa.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%20Mosher%20Reid/File1407.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%20Mosher%20Reid/File1414.jpg

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http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%20Mosher%20Reid/File1476.jpg

[Sponger]

I am going to have to search for my pictures to post, I was stationed at Kadena from 70-74. I really loved it there. The wife and I just went back in november, what a shock...

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaCemetary.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaHousebombedout.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaNaha.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaNaha2jpg.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaStreet-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaTomb.jpg

Regards

Ox

[PNEUDRAULIC]

All of these pictures and coments bring back great memories. I was stationed in Okinawa from 1969 to 1973, 1976to 1979 and 1987 to 1990. Iwas on the SAC and Tac side of the base. I lived in Barracks 114 my first time in Oki and the next time i llived in base housing on Kadena. I'm having some old 8mm film put on disk as soon as I get it done I up load to this site.

Habu

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaGIRLB.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaGirlc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaGirlajpg.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/1992OkinawaCokecan.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/1MillionDollarBillOkinawa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/GokurakudoEnmusubiBridgetheGokokuji.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/GokurakudoEnmusubiBridgeattheGokouj.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaLicensePlate1956.jpg

Regards

Ox

[TheSpec4Jim]

Hey Oxmix,
I've got one of those Coke cans too from Okinawa! Though I don't remember them with a design on them like you got. In my picture, the one on the right is from here in the states now as I just wanted to give people and idea of the shape. I had two of these cans I bought in 1977 in Okinawa before my wife and I left. We never opened them and through the years, one rusted and leaked out which got thrown away but this one didn't leak out nor rust out. However, the fluid that was inside is gone? Thanks for the many pictures you upload, they help in trying to remember the days that most wish we could go back to. Except for that license plate, that was the year I was born:grin1:

Take care to all,
Jim

[jimbob17755]

Hey Oxmix,
I've got one of those Coke cans too from Okinawa! Though I don't remember them with a design on them like you got. In my picture, the one on the right is from here in the states now as I just wanted to give people and idea of the shape. I had two of these cans I bought in 1977 in Okinawa before my wife and I left. We never opened them and through the years, one rusted and leaked out which got thrown away but this one didn't leak out nor rust out. However, the fluid that was inside is gone? Thanks for the many pictures you upload, they help in trying to remember the days that most wish we could go back to. Except for that license plate, that was the year I was born:grin1:

Take care to all,
Jim
Hey spec4
Do you remember a bar on BC st. called Club Lucky?
The outside was painted pink.
It was at the top of BC, not far from where that dept. store is now.
Did you buy that coke can from one of the vending machines?

[TheSpec4Jim]

Hi Jimbob,
Sorry, I don't remember any bar. It could be that I had just married before going to Okinawa and was Hell Bent on bringing my wife over. The can's of Coke it seems I remember coming out of a small shop with them and it was sunny. I do remember opening a cooling box to grab the can's though, however, don't remember much more about it than that. I think it was just a matter of days before my wife and I were due to leave Okinawa aka "The Rock" and I was thinking more on the states than there.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0503.jpg

Sorry, no control over the reversed image.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0504.jpg

Regards

Ox

[eacooper]

Hi Ox,

As always I enjoy your pics and posts. Just wanted to let you know that I've had an inquiry from the Endeavor Talent Agency (Beverly Hills, CA) regarding the availability of book rights for my novel, "B.C. Street." Hopefully, there will be a movie made based on the book in the not too distant future. I read the comment about being in the right place at the right time. I do think Okinawa and B.C. Street were a true paradise for U.S. GIs in the '60s. Glad I was there, will never forget it. . . E. A. (Ed) Cooper

[Oxmix]

Hi Ed,
Good to hear from you. It's been too long.

Looks like you got some good news.

I sure hope that they make a movie out of your book. Remember, if there is a movie deal, i want to be a technical adviser. :grin1:

Okinawa made it worth being drafted. If more people had known about Okinawa they would have volunteered for the draft. :grin1:
I was lucky, I was stationed at 2 of the Army's best kept secrets, McGregor Range and Okinawa.

There were a couple guys from my home town that were on Okinawa at the same time as me. I lost track of both of them.

One fellow was drafted at the same time, went through basics at Ft. Campbell in a different Company and I didn't see him again until I was on the plane coming back to the States. He was Air Defense Artillery and was stationed on Tokashiki. I wish I had know that. We could have had a lot of fun together. I actually knew him before we were drafted.

The other fellow was a good guy. His bunk was the next one down from mine. He was married and made the choice not to do the bar scene. He actually looked me up after he got back from Okinawa.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0505.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0506.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0507.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Hi Ox,

As always I enjoy your pics and posts. Just wanted to let you know that I've had an inquiry from the Endeavor Talent Agency (Beverly Hills, CA) regarding the availability of book rights for my novel, "B.C. Street." Hopefully, there will be a movie made based on the book in the not too distant future. I read the comment about being in the right place at the right time. I do think Okinawa and B.C. Street were a true paradise for U.S. GIs in the '60s. Glad I was there, will never forget it. . . E. A. (Ed) Cooper

Ed, The whole time I was reading your book I felt that I was back in the 60's on Okinawa. You did an excellent job of recreating life on Okinawa back then. You need to continue the story. The way you ended your book left me wanting more, wishing that it could be the first of many of books dealing with intimate life of those of us who served on Okinawa and Okinawa itself during the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. It's a story that needs to be told before we fade away.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0508.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0509.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0510.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0512.jpg

Regards

Ox

[adccal]

I arrived on Okinawa in late 58 and we were using dollars at that time. I seem to remember an old hand telling me the change over came sometime in mid 58.

[Oxmix]

I arrived on Okinawa in late 58 and we were using dollars at that time. I seem to remember an old hand telling me the change over came sometime in mid 58.


September 16,1958

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0517.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0518.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0520.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0521.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0523.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0525.jpg

Regards

Ox

[PNEUDRAULIC]

OX,

I REALLY ENJOY THIS SITE. tHE PICTURS YOU POST BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES. I THINK I MISS THE PEOPLE THE MOST. tHE OKINAWA PEOPLE WERE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY. EVEN THOUGHT I WENT THROUGH THE KOZA RIOT IN 1969 (I THINK) MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE TRUELY THE AMERICAN GI FRIEND.

HABU

[Oxmix]

OX,

I REALLY ENJOY THIS SITE. tHE PICTURS YOU POST BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES. I THINK I MISS THE PEOPLE THE MOST. tHE OKINAWA PEOPLE WERE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY. EVEN THOUGHT I WENT THROUGH THE KOZA RIOT IN 1969 (I THINK) MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE TRUELY THE AMERICAN GI FRIEND.

HABU

I agree with you. The people were great. I never felt that the majority of the people disliked us. Even the rioters in 1969 didn't bother me when I had to cross their lines. I'd smile and wave at them and they would smile and wave back and motion me through. Had I felt differently about the Okinawan people then I probably would not be on this forum and Okinawa probably would have been a bad memory.

It sounds like Okinawa today has more problems than they did back then. It's probably caused by the stress of having to drive on the wrong side of the road, having to use those toilets that are nothing more than a hole in the floor and not using the Dollar as the only authorized currency. I know that would stress me out. :D

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0526.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0527.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0528.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0529.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0530.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0531.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Some more protest pictures from early 1969 to 1971.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0526.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0527.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0528.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0529.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0530.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0531.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

OX,

I REALLY ENJOY THIS SITE. tHE PICTURS YOU POST BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES. I THINK I MISS THE PEOPLE THE MOST. tHE OKINAWA PEOPLE WERE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY. EVEN THOUGHT I WENT THROUGH THE KOZA RIOT IN 1969 (I THINK) MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE TRUELY THE AMERICAN GI FRIEND.

HABU
The Koza riot was Dec. 20, 1970. Remember Habu, my car got burned up.
Dan

[PNEUDRAULIC]

I do remember that. I was coming from Futema when that all happen. Was the highway 328 between Koza and Futema? I lived right behind Giro Bakery at the time.

HABU

[Oxmix]

Koza

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Koza.jpg

3 girls 1953

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaGirls1953.jpg

Store

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaStore.jpg

Starting to drive on the left side of the road.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/StartDrivingontheOtherSideOftheRoad.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

I do believe the bottom picture is the intersection of Gate 2 ST. and Moromi. Looking down Moromi. I had already left Okinawa several months before this. I would like to have been there as I was going to watch from that same walk bridge that you see is packed.

[jimbob17755]

Koza

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Koza.jpg

3 girls 1953

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaGirls1953.jpg

Store

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaStore.jpg

Starting to drive on the left side of the road.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/StartDrivingontheOtherSideOftheRoad.jpg

Regards

Ox
COOL! Where do you find this stuff?

[Muku]

Starting to drive on the left side of the road.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/StartDrivingontheOtherSideOftheRoad.jpg

Ox

OX once again great pics.:thumbup:

Could you confirm the date in the picture here please?

The date says on the Oki-Mar reads August 8, 1978 correct?

If that's correct then it took over 6 years from the revision to get the island back to driving the way the rest of the country was driving here. That must have been an pretty interesting time for drivers who came here from mainland.

[Oxmix]

OX once again great pics.:thumbup:

Could you confirm the date in the picture here please?

The date says on the Oki-Mar reads August 8, 1978 correct?

If that's correct then it took over 6 years from the revision to get the island back to driving the way the rest of the country was driving here. That must have been an pretty interesting time for drivers who came here from mainland.

August 4, 1978.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

1975

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Sobe_Supermarket-1975.jpg

1970

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawa1970a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawa1970d.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawafromprefecturalTowers197.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawaopenmarket1970.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawaYamagatayaDepartmentStor.jpg

Regards

Ox

[hankypanky]

I have a friend who was a electrician on oki when they changed the driving to left side. He said they stopped all traffic at midnight, no driving whatsoever and they changed all the traffic lights around and opened the roads in the morning. the streets were lined with people watching. Many accidents!

[Crazysix]

hey OX, fyi the Royal restaurant in front of tori has closed and they in process of tearing down/renovating the building, it moved down the street a ways, The road the leads up the hill to the old Yomitan Airfield, is lined with houses and there are several super expensive apt buildings there now. Now I have question fro you old timers.................if you were ever out at Tori, there is a restaurant called fishermans wharf, I believe it was an old club NCO or O club type, but I also heard rumors that it was a seaplane base there....do any of you have any info on that

[chiefk]

OX once again great pics.:thumbup:

Could you confirm the date in the picture here please?

The date says on the Oki-Mar reads August 8, 1978 correct?

If that's correct then it took over 6 years from the revision to get the island back to driving the way the rest of the country was driving here. That must have been an pretty interesting time for drivers who came here from mainland.

I'll confirm the date as I was there until just before the switch. At that time not many Japanese came there to visit/vacation.

[Oxmix]

Village as seen from Suicide Cliff 5 July 1956

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/VillagefromtopofSuicideCliff5july19.jpg

Foot of Suicide Cliff 5 July 1956

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/FootofSuicideCliff5July1956.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/FootofSuicideCliff5July1956b.jpg

The bones of Japanese soldiers and Okinawan civilians Suicide Cliff 5 July 1956

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/BonesofJapaneseSuicideCliff5July195.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Himeyurinoto.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/ItchuKenjiMonument.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Itoman.jpg

Regards

Ox

[PNEUDRAULIC]

I was in Oki when they change the driving pattern. Yes the rodes were closed a midnight and strated driving on the oposite side of the road the next morning. Mybe some people forgot, but when all of this was taking place we were under typhoon condition 2 or 1. So their wasn't a big proble with traffic on the road the next day. To be honest I think the major cause of accidents were caused by the local bus drivers. I drove from Futema everyday to Kadena for work and I never saw that many accidents.

HABU

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/MainStreetNahaOkinawa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/ShioyaOgimiKunigami.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

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[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/SpotwhereLtGeneralBucknerwaskilled.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/ToguchiMotobuKunigami.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TowerofHimeyuri.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TowerofHokon.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

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[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TowerofKenji.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TowerofKompaku.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TowerofShimamori.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/TowerofShiraume.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Maytag Man]

hey OX, fyi the Royal restaurant in front of tori has closed and they in process of tearing down/renovating the building, it moved down the street a ways, The road the leads up the hill to the old Yomitan Airfield, is lined with houses and there are several super expensive apt buildings there now. Now I have question fro you old timers.................if you were ever out at Tori, there is a restaurant called fishermans wharf, I believe it was an old club NCO or O club type, but I also heard rumors that it was a seaplane base there....do any of you have any info on that


Got a photo last Friday leaving Torii... I bet there were a lot of mammories in that place!

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l65/okiharley/royalhotel2Apr09.jpg

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20military/am54.jpg

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[masakokubota]

I have a question and I am not sure who can help. My grandpa was stationed in okinawa sometime in the 1950s, his name is Robert Brooks. He was stationed at Naja Airforce base which I am told is now Kadena base. I am looking for anyone who knows him or may know of him. he was in the airforce and the navy. he met my grandmother there in okinawa and she was part of the Kubota family. She had my dad there in okinawa in 1952, but we are not sure which hospital and we do not know where his birth certificate is. The reason I am looking for information is because my grandfather is not my dads real dad. he adopted my dad in Japan a few years after he was born. I am trying to find information on my dads biological father. My grandmother past away in January and it was a great dishonor for her to be pregnant and not with the father and her family disowned her. She would never talk about my dads biological father. All we know is his first name was Mark, he was stationed in Okinawa between 1950 - 1955?? He was a quarter Canadian and three quarters japanese. My grandmothers name is Hatsue Kubota and her sister, Naruko, married a George Murphy who was also stationed in Okinawa at the same time. George and my grandpa are believed to know who my dad's dad is, but won't say. i'm not sure what I would do if I were to find out who he is really is, but there is a part of me that wants to know my history and to help give my dad some closure. If anyone has any information about these people or even how to find birth certificates from 1952, I would appreciate it. You can email me at jenniferbrock23@yahoo.com if you have any information and do not feel like posting this. I am serious about this and it is not a joke. I just want my family to be complete.

[Oxmix]

I have a question and I am not sure who can help. My grandpa was stationed in okinawa sometime in the 1950s, his name is Robert Brooks. He was stationed at Naja Airforce base which I am told is now Kadena base. I am looking for anyone who knows him or may know of him. he was in the airforce and the navy. he met my grandmother there in okinawa and she was part of the Kubota family. She had my dad there in okinawa in 1952, but we are not sure which hospital and we do not know where his birth certificate is. The reason I am looking for information is because my grandfather is not my dads real dad. he adopted my dad in Japan a few years after he was born. I am trying to find information on my dads biological father. My grandmother past away in January and it was a great dishonor for her to be pregnant and not with the father and her family disowned her. She would never talk about my dads biological father. All we know is his first name was Mark, he was stationed in Okinawa between 1950 - 1955?? He was a quarter Canadian and three quarters japanese. My grandmothers name is Hatsue Kubota and her sister, Naruko, married a George Murphy who was also stationed in Okinawa at the same time. George and my grandpa are believed to know who my dad's dad is, but won't say. i'm not sure what I would do if I were to find out who he is really is, but there is a part of me that wants to know my history and to help give my dad some closure. If anyone has any information about these people or even how to find birth certificates from 1952, I would appreciate it. You can email me at jenniferbrock23@yahoo.com if you have any information and do not feel like posting this. I am serious about this and it is not a joke. I just want my family to be complete.

Chances are you will never get the answers you seek. :crying: In 1968 I tried to help a young Okinawa girl locate her father. All I had to go on were some old letters sent to her mother written more than a decade earlier. I came up dry.

I hope someone out there can help.

Regards

Ox

[Dog man]

I train military dogs on Okinawa out on the old WWII air field called Yomitan back in the 1960's. I am trying to locate the guys who posted the photos on the "Okinawa 40's and 50's section. But to tell the truth I am having a hard time doing so as this is my first attempt to contact people through a forum.
Please respond as I would like to contact you through email....Dog Man

[Muku]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fe.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fq.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fr.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fs.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54ft.jpg

Do you remember where this tug of war was held?

[Muku]

My grandmothers name is Hatsue Kubota and her sister,
I hate to be the one that increases the parameters of your search here but the name Kubota is not a Okinawan family name.

The name Kubota suggests that she was either from mainland, or her father was. Again I apologize.

Back then I would make a guess that her family was either former Japanese military or a part of the mainland civil administration that came here prior to WWII and were not able to return right away to mainland right after the war ended.

[Muku]

Got a photo last Friday leaving Torii... I bet there were a lot of mammaries in that place!

Like these 2 maybe?<3<3

http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/archives/mizuki_horii04.jpg

[DesertDonn]

I train military dogs on Okinawa out on the old WWII air field called Yomitan back in the 1960's. I am trying to locate the guys who posted the photos on the "Okinawa 40's and 50's section. But to tell the truth I am having a hard time doing so as this is my first attempt to contact people through a forum.
Please respond as I would like to contact you through email....Dog Man

Check your private messages, I sent you one in response to your request to contact one of the guys who posted photos.

[DesertDonn]

Afraid I can not tell you where the tug of war was, I got the photos from the estate of a GI that was in the Rycom Signal Service in 54-55, I am trying to find out myself but not quite enough indicators other than it appears to be out in the countryside someplace, not the city areas.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaPottery1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaPottery2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawatrain.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawatrainb.jpg

Regards

Ox

[gibbonboy]

Screw the monorail! I want to drive that locomotive! I even have my own hat. (No, I don't really have an engineer's hat, I'm not a foamer)

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fa.jpg
Dragon Boat team


http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fb.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fc.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fd.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54ff.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fg.jpg

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Okinawa1945.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Okinawa1945b.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201945%20GI%20P hotos/1945GIFile1698.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201945%20GI%20P hotos/1945GIFile1696.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201945%20GI%20P hotos/1945GIFile1694.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201945%20GI%20P hotos/1945GIFile1693.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201945%20GI%20P hotos/1945giFile1673.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201945%20GI%20P hotos/1945GIFile1678.jpg

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/007_7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/012_12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/028_28.jpg

Regards

Ox

[P_chan]

Your pictures oxmix are always awesome:thumbup:

[gliza]

ox-you're awesome man. these pictures are amazing.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Dance.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Dancers.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Dancersb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Dinner.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Festaval.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Girls-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Okinawab-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaLadies.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fh.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fi.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fj.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fk.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20festivals/54fl.jpg

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/aimg489.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img484.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img485.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img486.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img487.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img488.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img490.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img491.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img493.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img494.jpg

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img497.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img498.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img499.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img500.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img501.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img502.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img503.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img504.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img505.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img507.jpg

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img508.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img509.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img510.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img511.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img513.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img514.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img515.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img516.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img518.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20faa%2066/img519.jpg

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Papasan.jpg

Gate 2 Kadena

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/GateKadenaAirBase.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00421_KSDXKSAB.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00422_KSBU.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00441_KSBU.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00442_KSBUDed.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00443_KSABEisen.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00606_KSABPaper.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F01036_KSABDed.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

Ox
Here are a couple of pictures you might find interesting to go along with the ones you just posted.

Papasans day is done. This one is the same papasan, but the pose, clothes, and view are a little different from the normal one that everyone sees. This was done before the regular one, probably sometime between 1950 and 1952.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/ksab%20papasan/pcpapasan.jpg


KSAB original studio taken by Blackie the Photographer and published in This Month on Okinawa April 1958 supplement issue. Looks like it goes with the cake dedication photo which reads April 1958. This must have been the studio that burned down in the newspaper article.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/ksab%20papasan/APRS58P4.jpg

[Trail]

It's sad to see these picture because it shows how diluted the culture is now. :(

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/AsignOkinawa.jpg

1968 B52 Crash

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/B52Crash1968.jpg

Bob Hope December Christmas Show @ Sukiran 1968

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/BobHopeOnOkinawa1968a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/BobHopeOnOkinawa1968c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/BobHopeOnOkinawa1968f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/BobHopeOnOkinawa1968g.jpg

Regards

Ox
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/BobHopeOnOkinawa1968b.jpg

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/ka.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kb.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kc.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kd.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/ke.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kf.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kg.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kh.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/ki.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kj.jpg

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kk.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kl.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/km.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kn.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/ko.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kp.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kq.jpg

[Oxmix]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kf.jpg


The AF mess hall looks very similar the the mess hall at the SAC AB in Lincoln Nebraska, except that they had a western mural on the wall. I was there in 1959 touring the base for 2 days.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/ki.jpg

The PX check out line looks just like the small PX at Sukiran.

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

[QUOTE=DesertDonn;215464

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/kd.jpg



I wonder which barracks this is? I lived in 110,114,120. This could be 110 or 114.After looking again, I see stadium lights behind it which could be the football field and track which would make it 114.

[DesertDonn]

[QUOTE=DesertDonn;215464




I wonder which barracks this is? I lived in 110,114,120. This could be 110 or 114.After looking again, I see stadium lights behind it which could be the football field and track which would make it 114.

The barracks is 108

[chiefk]

[QUOTE=chiefk;215635]

The barracks is 108
OK, that makes sense especially with the lights behind it. I think that is where the HABU guys (9th) stayed or maybe they were in 106.

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/MabuniVillagefromSuicideCliff.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/MotubuBlackMarket.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NahaOkinawa.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/54ua.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/54uc.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/54ud.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/54ue.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/54ug.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/54uh.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/54ui.jpg

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201950s%20postc ards/img701rs.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201950s%20postc ards/img702w.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201950s%20postc ards/img707w.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201950s%20postc ards/img708w.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/Okinawa%20in%20Black%20and%20White%201950s%20postc ards/img709nt.jpg

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/NakadomariBeach1948.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaChildren1968.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/OkinawaKadenaAFBCarnival1968.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/PhotoBombedNahaOkinawa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Tomb.jpg

Regards

Ox

[chiefk]

I think we have a contest going between Donn and Ox as to who can post the most pictures. Thanks and keep em coming!

[DesertDonn]

Actually I am shooting for most views!!!

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/na.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/nb.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/nc.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/nd.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/ne.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/nf.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/kadena%20naha/ng.jpg

[Oxmix]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Tombb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Tombc.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Tombd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Tombe.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Tombf.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

I imagine that these roads look a little different today.

It would be interesting to see photos from these same locations today, who is up to the challenge???

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy1.jpg
HIGHWAY 1

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy1and30atOyama.jpg
HIGHWAY 1 AND 30 AT OYAMA

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy5atAwase.jpg
HIGHWAY 5 AT AWASE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS STANDING ON THE CORNER OF AWASE GOLF COURSE

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy13.jpg
HIGHWAY 13

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy13b.jpg
HIGHWAY 13

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy30towardAwase.jpg
HIGHWAY 30 LOOKING TOWARD AWASE AND WHITE BEACH

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy40easttowardShuri.jpg
HIGHWAY 40 LOOKING EAST TOWARD SHURI

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy40lookingwestintoNaha.jpg
HIGHWAY 40 LOOKING WEST INTO NAHA

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy40ShuritoNaha.jpg
HIGHWAY 40 SHURI TO NAHA

[Maytag Man]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Papasan.jpg

Gate 2 Kadena

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/GateKadenaAirBase.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00421_KSDXKSAB.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00422_KSBU.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00441_KSBU.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00442_KSBUDed.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00443_KSABEisen.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F00606_KSABPaper.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/F01036_KSABDed.jpg

Regards

Ox


Ox,

The photos of the radio station is still used as the supply building located on Okuma near the new military dormitory. I worked out of that building from 2002-2005 and will try to get a photo of it this weekend to post. The retired MLC employees will go nuts when I show these to them! Thanks!!!!! :thumbup:

[Muku]

I imagine that these roads look a little different today.

It would be interesting to see photos from these same locations today, who is up to the challenge???

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy1and30atOyama.jpg



It would help a heck of a lot to know what the Hwy's are numbered today to get the pics that you are looking for.

For example Hwy 1 is now National Hwy 58 and Hwy 30 is now Prefectural HWY 81.

Here are some links to rather current pictures of scenery from Hwy 58 (Hwy 1) here in Okinawa today.

THey go from Naha to Kunigami in the north.

The explainations are in Japanese but you should be able to get a great idea of what it looks like today from them. Here is one from there that should be obvious to where is came from....Here is the link (http://road.s25.xrea.com/hwy58.html)...

http://road.s25.xrea.com/f15in58.jpg

Go to this link for links to pretty much current pictures of places all over the island. Unfortunately the link connects only to a page in Japanese but if you scroll down the page and hit the blue highlighted links you will get some great pictures from roads here in Okinawa (http://road.s25.xrea.com/index.html)

[TheLastDon]

I imagine that these roads look a little different today.

It would be interesting to see photos from these same locations today, who is up to the challenge???

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy1and30atOyama.jpg
HIGHWAY 1 AND 30 AT OYAMA

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy5atAwase.jpg
HIGHWAY 5 AT AWASE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS STANDING ON THE CORNER OF AWASE GOLF COURSE
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I could get you these 2, the rest I am clueless on the exact location. :)

Give me about a week or two.

[Muku]

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Give me about a week or two.

Don if you have google earth you should be able to pull them up pretty close without having to go out and take an actual shot.

I am pretty sure that the Hwy 40 shots are from Shuri going down Hwy 29 to Asato and then Kousai Dori

Here are picts to a portion of it, (http://www.geocities.jp/aienar2002/hwy29.html)

[TheLastDon]

Don if you have google earth you should be able to pull them up pretty close without having to go out and take an actual shot.

I am pretty sure that the Hwy 40 shots are from Shuri going down Hwy 29 to Asato and then Kousai Dori

Here are picts to a portion of it, (http://www.geocities.jp/aienar2002/hwy29.html)

I will have to see what google earth looks like. I don't think they look too clear on there.

I will be at both areas this weekend or the next. :)

[Richard Burns]

Damn it I wish I was here back then. It looks so much better.

[Muku]

I will have to see what google earth looks like. I don't think they look too clear on there.

I will be at both areas this weekend or the next. :)
You are quite right from the Google Earth pic that I have they are all under clouds at the locations he is looking for.:crying:

[Oxmix]

Damn it I wish I was here back then. It looks so much better.

From what I see in today's pictures, Okinawa is very different than when I was there. Okinawa looks very congested today.

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

Here is some additional info that I have that may help in locating some of the roads it’s the best I can do as I have not been on Okinawa since the mid 60’s.

I met with a couple of friends that were on Okinawa in the late 50’s early 60’s, one was in telephone outside services and spent a lot of time driving around the island. We were able to figure out a few of the less obvious ones but others were really just parts of the roads that would be anyones guess as to where.

I then went to Google Earth and as usual a lot of the areas I wanted to check were cloud covered so that was useless. Google maps were useful in some cases even though the road numbers have changed.

Best we could come up with are as follows.

Hwy 5 at Awase and Hwy 1 and 30 at Oyama are no problem.

Hwy 1 we think is at an intersection with a road from the Machinato Service Area to Hwy 1, we think the road is now gone, but use to be at the green arrow location on the 1959 topo map that is below.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/1959ARMYMAPSERVICETOPOMAPcopy.jpg

Hwy 30 toward Awase should be easy, you can see Oguwa-Saki (don’t know what it is called now), Awase Beach (it use to be called NiceO Beach in the early 50’s) and the Katsuren Penninsula (White Beach) in the background.

The two Hwy 13’s could be anyplace along 13.

The Hwy 40 photos are probably along this stretch of 40 between the Okinawa Hotel and Shuri (1960’s roadmap)

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/1971CALTEXBACK.jpg

Hope some of this helps, good luck.

[DesertDonn]

Here are a couple additional maps from 1956 with the estimated photo locations marked along with what I believe are today’s road numbers.
What I got off Google maps is as follows:
Hwy 1 is 58
Hwy 30 is 81
Hwy 5 is 330
Hwy 13 is 329
Hwy 40 is 29
At least it looks that way to me but if you are driving around Okinawa now you would know better than me if I got them right.

The information on the original posted 1955 photos is all that was written on the backs of the photos so that is all I have to go by.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/55roadphotoshwy5and30.jpg
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/55roadphotoshwy40130.jpg

[Muku]

Don if you take a look at my link, I posted here again this is a series of pictures of the road that goes from (Hwy 29)Shuri to Naha (http://www.geocities.jp/aienar2002/hwy29.html)

This is Hwy 13 is 329 (http://okinawa.s53.xrea.com/road/r329e.htm)......and this....... (http://okinawa.s53.xrea.com/road/r329d.htm)

Both are from the Koza area of Okinawa City.

[DesertDonn]

I took a look at the link to the Okinawa roads website and there are some great pictures there, but I had trouble trying to compare them to the 1955 photos mainly because a lot of the 55 photos were taken at an elevated level above the roads. Also they were more wide angle in some cases. The website photos were street level and somewhat close up, of course with all the new buildings over the last 54 years everything is now close up. That is what makes it an interesting challenge today. But I will keep looking through the website photos and see what might match up.

I did do some more looking at Google Earth and found a part of Hwy 29 between the red arrows that resembles one of the Hwy 40 photos.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy40ShuritoNaha.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy29shurige.jpg

[Muku]

I took a look at the link to the Okinawa roads website and there are some great pictures there, but I had trouble trying to compare them to the 1955 photos mainly because a lot of the 55 photos were taken at an elevated level above the roads. Also they were more wide angle in some cases. The website photos were street level and somewhat close up, of course with all the new buildings over the last 54 years everything is now close up. That is what makes it an interesting challenge today. But I will keep looking through the website photos and see what might match up.

I did do some more looking at Google Earth and found a part of Hwy 29 between the red arrows that resembles one of the Hwy 40 photos.


I guess that is just to be expected. Hell I can tell you that there are some areas here now that have changed so much over the past 20 years that they are unrecognizable as well.

Progress I guess.:scratchchin:

[TheLastDon]

Hwy 30 toward Awase should be easy, you can see Oguwa-Saki (don’t know what it is called now), Awase Beach (it use to be called NiceO Beach in the early 50’s) and the Katsuren Penninsula (White Beach) in the background.

Okay I recognize this now but it will be hard to find an exact location.
That area is really built up now so from street level it will be hard to see.


Hwy 1 we think is at an intersection with a road from the Machinato Service Area to Hwy 1, we think the road is now gone, but use to be at the green arrow location on the 1959 topo map that is below.


I will get as close as I can with this one, nothing is recognizable in the photo.

[Oxmix]

Here is a 60's road map.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0564.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0563.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0562.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0561.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0560.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0559.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/IMG_0558.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

Army Barracks
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img665.jpg

Ft Buckner Exchange area
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img669.jpg

Army Barracks
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img670.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img671.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img672.jpg

Stillwell Field House
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img673.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img674.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img675.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img676.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img677.jpg

[Oxmix]

Army Barracks
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img665.jpg

My barracks was the first barracks to the right of the top center barracks. Both barracks housed the 44th Ordnance.

Ft Buckner Exchange area
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img669.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img671.jpg

Stillwell Field House
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/army%2067%20bks%20clubs/img673.jpg
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Great pictures. I love the one of the Ebb Tide. In 1969 they built an MP shack next to the Ebb Tide because there were so many fights there.

Thank You for the photo memories.

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

Great pictures. I love the one of the Ebb Tide. In 1969 they built an MP shack next to the Ebb Tide because there were so many fights there.

Thank You for the photo memories.

Regards

Ox

I showed the pictures of the barracks to an Army friend who was also on Okinawa but we could not figure out where the barracks were.

Where were the barracks located? both photos if you happen to know.

Thanks
Donn

[Oxmix]

I showed the pictures of the barracks to an Army friend who was also on Okinawa but we could not figure out where the barracks were.

Where were the barracks located? both photos if you happen to know.

Thanks
Donn

The barracks were at Sukiran. you can also see Stillwell Field House in the lower center. Here is a picture from another angle. The red arrow is the 44th Ordnance.
You can see the stadium where the 1968 Bob Hope Christmas show was held. To the left of the stadium is the track that I ran on.

Your friend must remember the Ebb Tide.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Sukiran1_1954b.jpg

A few more of the Company area.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/44thOrd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/MyselfOct196844thOrd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/Ordrelyroommesshall.jpg

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

Thanks for the info I will pass the pictures on to my Army friend.
Donn

[Oxmix]

When was your Army friend on Okinawa and what unit was he with? Was he Nike?

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

When was your Army friend on Okinawa and what unit was he with? Was he Nike?

Regards

Ox

I will find out from him when he was there and his units, he was there 2 or 3 times but I am not sure of the exact dates. He was not Nike.

I do have a Nike Okinawa unit book from 1960 that I can post some photos from if that is of any interest.

1950 Kadena Gate 2
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/kadenag250.jpg

1954 Moromi Koza
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/kozamoromi1954.jpg

1954 Plaza House you can see Awase Meadows golf course just beyond plaza house
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/54%20urban/PlazaHouse1954.jpg

[Oxmix]

I will find out from him when he was there and his units, he was there 2 or 3 times but I am not sure of the exact dates. He was not Nike.

I do have a Nike Okinawa unit book from 1960 that I can post some photos from if that is of any interest.


I'm interested.

Regards

Ox

[P_chan]

Hey oxmix, you didn't happen to ever be stationed at a nike site in Hammond Indiana did you?

[GarryK]

In the photo "Army Barracks" here is what I remember from February 1960. The parking lot entrance at the bottom right (building not shown) was the Army's Provost Marshal Office (my first work sight as a clerk and home to the Ryukyuan Armed Services Police (RASP). Going up the road on the right side is the USA MP Group barracks, the Woman's Army Crops (WAC) Detachment, the USA Signal Group (my second job as Company Clerk). I do not recall the next building on the left. Across the street is the Ebb Tide enlisted club followed by the USA Med Group Sukiran dispensary. The last building on the right is the future home of the US Army Military Police Group (everything became consoldiated into this building in mid 1960). In 1960, the road on the left was 2 lane (this is a more up-to-date photo), after the Army MP barracks was the Armed Forces Police barracks. Third building unknown. The next group of buildings (triangle appearance) was the 5th Special Forces Group area. This photo sure brought back a lot of good memories of my frist tour on Okinawa in the Sukiran area.

[DesertDonn]

I'm interested.

Regards

Ox

Here are a few photos from the book, if there is something more specific you are interested in let me know. Lots of named individuals, work scenes, etc.

GarryK my Army friend joined and answered your other question as to when and where he was on Okinawa.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img711.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img712.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img713.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img714.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img715.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img717.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img718.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img719.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img720.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img721.jpg

[Oxmix]

Hey oxmix, you didn't happen to ever be stationed at a nike site in Hammond Indiana did you?

No my stateside duty was in the desert at McGregor Range, annex to Fort Bliss. I repaired the Nike launchers so that missiles could be launched, and repaired any damage done after annual service practice launches.

McGregor was great duty. The Army treated us very good.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/McGregorRange.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/DBattery0001.jpg

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

The Naha site was known as site #8. I spent a fair amount of time there making repairs.

I never liked going there simply because of an MP guard, Sgt. Law. If your out there Law, you were one big prick.

This A Hole's sole purpose in life was to screw with people. I'm sure all of you have run into one of these people.

We were never issued flight line passes to cross the Naha airfield to get to Site #8. Our constant request for passes went unanswered. A little ingenuity made it possible for us to get to site #8.

One day Sgt. Law wanted to see my flight line pass. I tried the old routine #6 but it didn't work. This A Hole is now going to call the flight line MP's and have me arrested.

I unloaded on him. "How many times have you seen me?" "I'm sick of your $hit. I go through your security checks to get on the Pad and once I'm there some a$$hole calls a drill and I have leave the Pad and go back for another security check, then when the drill is over you say I can go back on the Pad but first I have to go through another security check. This $hit happens 3 or 4 times every time I come here. A simple 1 hour job takes me all day, because I'm constantly unloading and loading up my gear and going through security checks each time. $hit man we have been sitting in the same room looking at each other for the last 10 minutes, what's changed?""Do I look like a Commie to you?" "Well do I?" "You people call me because your site is down." "F**k you and the MP's I'm leaving" "Call someone else to repair your site, and by the way if that gate isn't open by the time I get in my truck, I'll drive right through it."

They open the gate. I wasn't bluffing either. I drove back to the shop expecting the MP's to be there to arrest me. Still hot under the collar I told my section chief about what happened. In the blink of an eye he was on the phone reaming someones a$$. Because of this incident, our Section got the flight line passes and I never had to go to site #8 again.

The best part is that I didn't get in trouble over the incident.

Regards

Ox

[Maytag Man]

I took a look at the link to the Okinawa roads website and there are some great pictures there, but I had trouble trying to compare them to the 1955 photos mainly because a lot of the 55 photos were taken at an elevated level above the roads. Also they were more wide angle in some cases. The website photos were street level and somewhat close up, of course with all the new buildings over the last 54 years everything is now close up. That is what makes it an interesting challenge today. But I will keep looking through the website photos and see what might match up.

I did do some more looking at Google Earth and found a part of Hwy 29 between the red arrows that resembles one of the Hwy 40 photos.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy40ShuritoNaha.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/oki%20roads/hwy29shurige.jpg

Here's an old concrete Highway 40 sign I've collected. I always thought it was from the highway 40 in Hokaido, but you have finally made it clear that it is now highway 29. Thanks!

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l65/okiharley/Highway40.jpg

[DesertDonn]

Here's an old concrete Highway 40 sign I've collected. I always thought it was from the highway 40 in Hokaido, but you have finally made it clear that it is now highway 29. Thanks!

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l65/okiharley/Highway40.jpg

That's a great roadsign, any idea how old it is?

[DesertDonn]

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/futenma%201955%20kc/BuddhisttempleFutenma.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/futenma%201955%20kc/Futenma.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/futenma%201955%20kc/Futenma2.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/futenma%201955%20kc/ShrineatFutenma.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/futenma%201955%20kc/ShrineatFutenma2.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/futenma%201955%20kc/ShrineatFutenma3.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/futenma%201955%20kc/ShrineatFutenma4.jpg

[Oxmix]

Here are a few photos from the book, if there is something more specific you are interested in let me know. Lots of named individuals, work scenes, etc.

GarryK my Army friend joined and answered your other question as to when and where he was on Okinawa.


http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img721.jpg

Wow, 3 Ordnance vans. I can't imagine what kind of problem they got going on there. We never sent more than 1 vehicle to a site. There was nothing that I and my 3 guys couldn't handle.

Regards

Ox

[Oxmix]

Here are a few photos from the book, if there is something more specific you are interested in let me know. Lots of named individuals, work scenes, etc.

GarryK my Army friend joined and answered your other question as to when and where he was on Okinawa.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/nike/img711.jpg

Another picture of the 30th Artillery Brigade HQ.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/Oxmix/Army/Okinawa/30thArtyHQ.jpg

Notice the cannon to the right? Well some of the guys decided to move the cannon up the road to the company area and place it just outside the CO's office window with the barrel pointing at him. It wasn't a prank, it was a message to the CO to clean up his act or else. The $hit flew that day.

I know what your thinking. The answer is No. It wasn't me. I have no idea who did it. Those who did it stayed tight lipped. They never did find out who did it.

Regards

Ox

[DesertDonn]

More photos from Mosher-Reid Photoservice booklets sold to GI's in the early 50's

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1397.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1403.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1404.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1405.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1419.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1420.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1423.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1425.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1432.jpg

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss189/DesertDonn/mr%20late%2040s/File1433.jpg

[GarryK]

Ox: Thanks for the great photos of Nike areas. I know this is not associated with the "Okinawan" items, but after seeing the numerous Nike photos, began to wonder if you had ever been assinged to the Direct Support Platoon, 4th Bn, 44th ADA, Camp Humphries, ROK. I was Bn Personnel Sgt, Mar 69 - Apr 70.

[Oxmix]

Ox: Thanks for the great photos of Nike areas. I know this is not associated with the "Okinawan" items, but after seeing the numerous Nike photos, began to wonder if you had ever been assinged to the Direct Support Platoon, 4th Bn, 44th ADA, Camp Humphries, ROK. I was Bn Personnel Sgt, Mar 69 - Apr 70.

No I wasn't. One of my friends at McGregor was sent to Korea. I don't know what unit he was assigned to. Did you by chance ever know a Ray Hudnut?

Regards

Ox