OKINAWA

1961-1963

TORII  STATION

51st US Army Security Agency Special Operations Command.

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Covert 1962 picture of Torii Station during the early years of the Vietnam war before United States involvement was declassified.

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 Sunset over Okinawa and the East China Sea.

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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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