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The house boys wanted to increase
their pay for doing the troops laundry. Warren Smith would not agree
so he had to wash his own. Wasn't that they were charging exorbitant
prices, it was actually quite reasonable, but Warren had ordered a Triumph
TR-4 from Cars International in Okinawa, and had
to save his money for the required payment so it could be shipped to the
US.
Photo by, Cpl.
Warren R. Smith
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From MCAF Futema looking toward
Kadena AFB. The road passes by a grave yard leading to main gate.
We towed the planes from Naha, not a dignified entrance for our go anywhere
birds.
Photo by, Cpl.
Warren R. Smith
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Enlisted barracks at MCAF Futema.
Reinforced concrete construction to take typhoon winds. Old wooden
barracks at Kadena had cables across roofs to hold them down.
Photo by, Cpl.
Warren R. Smith
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LPH-8, The Valley Forge blowing her stack.
Navy would conduct a procedure known as "blowing the stacks" which cleaned the accumulated oil and soot from the boiler up through the smoke stack. This process rolled a thick cloud of sticky black smoke through the plane and all the inhabitants. Brushing your teeth in the morning didn't quite get rid of all the sulfur taste. Photo by, Cpl.
Warren R. Smith
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In Koahsiung, at one end of the street was the dock
and the other end was the EM Club. All areas outside of that main
drag were not authorized and patrolled by the MPs. It was like liberty
on a large bowling alley with hardly a spot from one end to the other that
didn't contain a bar trying to get you inside.
Photo by, Cpl.
Warren R. Smith
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