OKINAWA
1961-1963
TORII STATION
51st US Army Security Agency Special Operations Command in Okinawa, 1961.
View of Torii Station from my backyard in Kadena Circle
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Okinawa Sunset
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There were numerous military installations with clubs needing bands and my flexible military job in Security allowed nights and weekends off duty to play music. I worked Saturday afternoons at the Topper NCO Club Grand Ole Opry on Kadena Air Force Base, and seven nights a week with Pat Patterson & the Sons of the South at various clubs on the Island. I also worked with Lucky Mitchell and the Cimmarron Cowboys at the Okinawa "Ebb Tide" Club.
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Topper NCO Club Grand Ole Opry - Kadena Air Force Base
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Pat Patterson & the Sons of the South
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Lucky Mitchell and the Cimmarron Cowboys
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Our 1960 Edsel.
My wife removing Typhoon tape from our 1960 Edsel
A cave on the beach behind our house. The Japanese defended Okinawa from the US invasion from many of these caves.
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Our next door neighbor was a family burial crypt in our back yard.
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Kadena Circle Housing Area.
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Our private rental in beautiful Morgan Manor.
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Dreaming of going home to Oklahoma!
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Moon Beach........ the shark flags were usually flying but our daughter Sharon wasn't concerned.
White Beach was up the road...it was only open when he "Fleet" was in.
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Going Home in 1963
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