COMMENTS: Arrived JSPC Apr 12, 1965, from Clark AB, departed Apr 12, 1971
for Nakhon Phanom, Thailand via schools in CONUS. Worked in JSPC-37, JSPC-35
and JSPC's Watch Office under Earl Bateman (GS-15). Arrived as an E-3 20330
and left as an E-5 20270.
Was very briefly in charge of AF's C flight just
prior to leaving. Knew some of the folks at CRS-Sobe and some of the
computer people - and retired Navy Chief Blankenship, a super guy who was
then a GS-11 working in J-2. Retired from the AF as an E-7 on Nov 30,
1983.
COMMENTS: Ben, Was stationed old Sobe Camp from June '57 to June '59 as a
morse code radio interceptor. They renamed Sobe Camp to Torii Station just before I left. Have a friend here in
Sheboygan whom I met at Fort Devens in Mass. during school names Ken Greger.
Mine is Gerald Mueller, worked in the operations building under Sgt. West
and then Sgt. Thompson. You know about the ASA
Okinawa reunions? Later
PS:
and I have messages posted just under yours (May 30, 2002) on the Virtual Okinawa
web site on May 25th, 2002. (Search on surnames to find them.)
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Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:42 PM
Don Boyle
Sep 1959 - Feb 1961
COMMENTS: Hi, Looks like we were both on "The Keystone Of The Pacific" at
about the same time. I was there from September of 59 until Feb. of 61. I
was in the Army at Camp Sukiran in the 30th Artillery Brigade Air Defense
(Nike Hercules). It was a nice place to pull my duty. Don
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Saturday, June 15, 2002 10:00 AM
Glenn Eckfeld
Dublin, OH
1965-1966
SSG E-6
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Many
COMMENTS: Started off in JSPC's Commcenter and was a cryptographer for Chief
JSPC. Left and went next door to CRS Okinawa. CT Don Gaylord came in from
Meade and was the Chief's Cryptographer. Worked for a chief Neuman while at
JSPC. Hung with Grant Fleming, Paul Foster, Dave Long, Stu Stout, Dave
Martin, Ken "Header" Johnson, Hank Witmer, Pitman & many others. What a
great tour.
COMMENTS:
I was assigned to the 111th Signal Service Company, which thru several name
changes, became the present Torii Station. The unit was located on the south
edge of a deep ravine near the town of Futenma. The remnants of this station
apparently are the billets where Ben lived in 1961. An old buddy who was
there at that time has a website with photos and stories of some of our
"misdeeds". See it at: http://www.geocities.com/debeasley_99/ASA/index.html Regards
to all fellow escapees from The Rock. Lew
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Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:15 PM
Norman Reefer
Orange Park, FL
July 63-Dec 65
ADR2
surfing around
COMMENTS: My wife Dixie and myself were at Naha. We had a pretty fair
softball team and I was fortunate enough to be one of about 4 players from
the Naha team to play on the interservice team in 64 or 65. I found one team
picture which has my best friend, now deceased, Larry Nytz and myself listed
as Scheemer or something like that. I had a lot of fun playing on the team
that summer.
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Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:45 AM
M. S. Kapinski
Brook Park, OH USA
July '69 to Dec '70
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COMMENTS: Somehow I knocked myself off before completing the entry.
I was on "the rock" from July'69 to Dec '70 with the
USAFSS. Our daughter was born at Camp Kue Army Hospital
in December of 1969. Left the USAF in 1972 as an E5
discharged at Ft. Meade, MD. I served with lots of good
people which led me to your site through a search
engine. Just wanted to see if I recognized any of the
entries. Thanks for the opportunity.
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Fri 08 Feb 2002 00:48:49
Darrell Bridges
Maryville/TN
Sept. '66 - Oct. '67
CT3
Grace of God (actually USNCVA)
Too Many-Great Navy, Marine, Army and AF Friends
COMMENTS:
Usually down at the weight room, or Kadena Circle, or Koza. JSPC paper tape
and keypunch. Anyone remember USAF Travis Burkhart? Send an email if you
think you know me.
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4:08 pm Mon 21 Jan 2002
steven f. rothert
1/68 to 7/69
COMMENTS:
Steve Rothert, ASA stationed at Torii station (JSPC-98B20) from 1/68 thru
7/69. Remember good friends, beach parties, and great times in the Ville
(Gate 2 and BC street). Torii was the best of duty stations. Also was
stationed in Korea (7/69 thru 11/70) at Camp Humpries 177th ASA.
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8/15/2001 12:01 am
Jim Moran
Pascoag, RI
Sept 1962 to May1964
PFC/SP5
web surfing
The people and the island's beauty.
COMMENTS: Have often wanted to revisit Okinawa. May do so yet.
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8/10/2001 7:28 pm
Tony Novak
Mason, Ohio
3/66 - 9/66
CTO2
Browse Joe's web page regularly and bingo!
That the two retaurants across the street from Torii
were off limits. Made great friends with the owners.
Would go into the pawn shop, where I learned to play
go. Suko and I would go up to Moon Beach about once
a week in his red toyota. Out the back door to the
restaurants where I learned to cook stir fry.
COMMENTS: Seemed to spend a lot of time in off limits
places. Once I got the pigeon version of Japanese down. Who else has a key
to the "Club 007"? I took the Com Officer one evening. He was scared to
death being there. How do I explain to the Captain that I was cought in an
this place. One you need a key and the MP's don't have one. 2nd the owner
is a Marine Major. Watching tyfoon weather reports to get off base so that
we would be locked off. Typhoon parties at various homes. Pat Fleming was a
great host.
Memories of a fried rice breakfast at the club after getting back off
break and only a chit book for money. Chief Cox moving my room down by the
door at the end of the barracks to make it easier to have visitors. A room
mate who was a dirt biker and would leave mud caked boots and jeans standing
in the hall for the house boy to clean (the jeans were so stiff with mud they
stood!) Jere Robinson showing me the little upstairs bar that had a massive
tape library and a complete Hank Williams RCA 78 library in a paper album.
No girls just 6 or 8 stools and great music. The mamasan's sister operated
the "Club 007." Hours spent wandering the back alleyways of the market. Some
of the best food. Many aftenoon hours of playing GO with old old men. The
"secret" doors of the afterhours clubs. One had a stairway that went out
through a small Buddist temple. Gee, Okinawa was dull.
COMMENTS: Great work! Stop by at my HP, especially
my Okinawa site! Have fun...keep it up http://go.to/michio
Okinawa guestbook
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5/8/2001 8:57 pm
Dick Sorensen
Aberdeen, SD
Sept. '61 to Mar. '64
Arrived as CTR3, Departed CTT2
Ed Marciniak
Moving from Futenma to Torii Station
COMMENTS: Member of Island Softball Team.
You guys upstairs in JSPC, were like guests. I had just come back into
the Navy, after my first hitch, so I didn't have a clearance when the first
group came to start up JSPC, so I drove the bus from Futenma to Torii
Station, and shuttled the start up crew back and forth. Lot of memories of
Okinawa. My second daughter Lana was born at Camp Kue.
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5/7/2001 7:21 am
John W. Gillis
Rochester, New York
January 1963 to January 1965
CT2(I) ~ CT2(I)
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NavSecGru Softball Team
COMMENTS: Retired Information Systems Manager Eastman
Kodak Company
Great job. Nice to see messages from ex-shipmates. Softball team had
great athletes as well as great friends. Hope someday to be able to see many
of them again.
Photographing the local sites, Kadena Circle,
Okinawan culture
COMMENTS: discharged after leaving Oki, but staying
in NavSecGruRes until retirement in 1989
Thanks to John Farrall, Ed Marciniak, Ben Ciriacks, Joe Glockner and many
other contributors, the memories of NSGA & JSPC Okinawa will live on. Little
did any of us know back in the early 60's that we'd all be connected via the
worldwide internet and would still be reliving our experiences on that far
away island. Recent events have awakened many memories and we can all be
proud (mostly, anyway) of the roles we played together so many years ago.
COMMENTS: Ben, Excellent!! I received Ed's and your
email about this Guestbook/website. I thank you for linking my website from
yours! Okinawa was my "first" duty station out of A-school and was
definitely a learning experience! I started at Hanza with Ed Marciniak and
Rusty Martin; but, a few months later was sent down to JSPC on Torii
Station. I stayed there at JSPC the rest of the time while on Okinawa. I
has been so good to find so many good friends from so LONG ago! Thanks again
Ben for your website! Joe
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5/5/2001 12:36 am
John A. Farrall
Burke, Virginia 22015
Jan '63 - Dec '65
Sargeant - USMC ~ Sargeant
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Kadena Circle, Koza BC Street, Orion Beer, Kobe
Steaks and Omirice left the service and got my BA/MA
at Arizona,
COMMENTS: joined CIA and retired in '97. Now working
for Litton/TASC
Good Job!!!! Nice to see "old" and "ole" names again. Brings back fond
memories of the "Rock". We all had negative things to say about Oki, JSPC,
and Torii Station, but in retrospect we all survived and had fun too!
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5/4/2001 10:23 am
Ed Marciniak
Pensacola, Fl
Dec 62 - Jan 65
CTT2/CTT1 ~ CPO (Data Processing)
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Great bunch of people to work with, and great
teammates on the championship softball team
COMMENTS: Great duty station!!! Hope the memory of Futenma/Torii/Hanza/JSPC
and the people who served there in the early 60's never fades.
David Doyle's OUTSTANDING Hanza, JSPC-2, Okinawa
& Torii Station web site motivated me to create it!
Futenma City before the streets were paved;
colorful buildings and signs; Yoko and the other
bar girls who put up with us (while we sat with them
NOT BUYING THEM many drinks).
COMMENTS: Matriculated U. of Hawaii ('66&67),
College of Artesia
(Jan~May'70), U. of New Mexico (BUS Jun'70~Aug'71 MBA Jan'76~Dec'77)
Dec 1961 - Ben with fellow CTs
at our Fort Buckner Christmas party.
