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@richardpope4634 Ай бұрын
Stationed at Naha air force base. 69 to 71. Had three tours on the rock.
@ColoradoGeorge Ай бұрын
Shared time there! Thanks for watching video! Fond memories...
@nomiyaalljp Ай бұрын
US soldiers do not come to Okinawa!
@BradiKal61 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the memories! My Dad was a pilot at Kadena from 1970-1972 with the 67th TFS flying F4s. Most of my memories are now hazy childhood recollections and seeing Nagagasuku Castle and other areas as they were back then is great. Im sure that entire island has changed so much since 1972 that I wouldnt recognize anything. I try to find where we lived offbase in Ishikawa on Google Maps and I can't recognize a thing!
@ColoradoGeorge 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching the video! Same experience here...looked for our home at Oroku housing area by Naha AFB's south gate...couldn't find it! 😂
@Blackwaterwillow 4 ай бұрын
Loved Chanute. Loved the Air Force. But I have to say thank god when I was there open bay dorms were gone. lol.
@ColoradoGeorge 4 ай бұрын
Our Barracks consisted of double bunks on main level and single bunks upstairs...older students got upstairs bunks! 😂 Both floors were open bay! Thanks for watching video!
@douglasshive9872 4 ай бұрын
Home of Moonlight Sauna
@GouKou2023 4 ай бұрын
亀甲墓は名前だけで、実は女性の子宮と陰部を模したお墓です。
@ColoradoGeorge 4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Domo Arigato!
@itsbattleduedskay 4 ай бұрын
Beuh I started there last week Beuh it was so bad
@ColoradoGeorge 4 ай бұрын
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@htw9594 4 ай бұрын
Nicely done. Some of the group shots at the end were reversed. The P-51H was restored during the early 2000s.
@ColoradoGeorge 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching the video! So...what happened to the P-51?
@1776_Garage 5 ай бұрын
I was there much later but thanks for the video. So cool
@ColoradoGeorge 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Appreciated!
@BarryL2697 5 ай бұрын
I really miss KOBE BEEF dinners at Sam's Anchor Inn .... incredibly delicious food!
@ColoradoGeorge 5 ай бұрын
The best! A meal was about $5.00 at a steakhouse back then...imagine it's much more expensive now!
@BarryL2697 5 ай бұрын
WOW! So glad I came upon this! Was a young Marine stationed at Camp Courtney, Tengan, Aug '71 - Aug '72. While there, got to experience the Reversion of Okinawa 15May72 ... and, the people and island of Okinawa would never be the same, again! Thank you for your slide compilation; I have several Kodak Carousel slide trays FULL of slides from my wonderful year, there. Hope to see Part II. I came to love the Okinawan people, their culture, and the island's beautiful scenery on both sides of the island.
@ColoradoGeorge 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for viewing! Appreciated! Lemme know when you post your photos!
@MikeOnCorfu 6 ай бұрын
I was with Navy VC-5 utility squadron based in Naha in 67-68... Well done presentation! Enjoyable...
@ColoradoGeorge 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for viewing the video! Appreciated!
@davidgagnon1961 6 ай бұрын
I was on the "Rock" from 83-84 and have pics that look exactly like these (without White Alice - she was gone by then). Thanks for posting they brought back a lot of good memories.
@kosetakaesu9339 6 ай бұрын
Muito interessante. Resumo da história de Okinawa da época da ocupação. De São Paulo, Brazil
@太郎-y4d 6 ай бұрын
Your wrong explanation : Kape Hedo overlooks both the "South" China Sea and the Pacific Ocean→Not South China Sea, but East China Sea.
@nmfn2011Pine 7 ай бұрын
Everything you wrote about prepping for storm is exactly what my parents did filled the sink, bathtub and gerry cans full of water and disinfected with clorox, shuttered the windows and hunkered down, Oh and the greens cans of DDt spry every night before bed.
@ColoradoGeorge 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching the video! ❤
@nmfn2011Pine 7 ай бұрын
we lived in Kitimie off base and our housse looked like that,
@ColoradoGeorge 7 ай бұрын
Thanks again for watching! Appreciated! Where was this housing located?
@richhare3765 7 ай бұрын
Thank you George. Particularly poignant to me was you footage of the mailroom and your calendar with Tuesday and Friday marked. Mail day and the happiness experienced seeing a piece of mail slide into your box. I'm proud to have served at the far end of the earth (74-75). Thank you for your service.
@ColoradoGeorge 7 ай бұрын
Good observations! Purposefully captured as fragments of our daily lives...important at the time...but easily forgotten with the passage of time! Forgot the parameters defining a phase II storm! Do you recall? Thank you for viewing the video...appreciated!
@richhare3765 7 ай бұрын
I was there when you took these pictures. (1974-1975). It was an unforgettable experience. Thanks for posting.
@ColoradoGeorge 7 ай бұрын
Thank YOU for watching the video! It WAS an experience...for sure! Unique! 😂
@nmfn2011Pine 7 ай бұрын
As a military brat I lived in Okinawa from 1962 to 1965, My dad was a USAF and stationed at Kaena AFB. Before we moved to the newest housing Sebille Manor we lived off base in Catham and another off base village. My sister and I along with other military kids would play in the sugar cane fields and jungle, One time we found WWII armament. We ran home to tell dad and the military sent out folks to dispose of the unfired armaments. I enjoyed Okinawa so much and miss it quite often, We also had maids, an a lady to cook for us and a gardener and a sew lady who would make our clothes by seeing them in catalogs.
@ColoradoGeorge 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching video! Appreciated!
@masudashizue777 8 ай бұрын
I lived in Okinawa from 1965 to 1972 and I still with I had never left. It's Naminoue, by the way. Americans always mispronounced it as Naw-mee-new-wee but it's pronounced exactly as written, Na-mi-no-u-e. Even my mother, who's from Yokohama, loved and thought of Okinawa as home.
@masudashizue777 8 ай бұрын
Lived in Machinato on Coca-Cola Street (off-base) from 1965 to 1972. Dad was in and out of Vietnam. Going shopping along Kokusai Street on Saturdays was the best thing ever. We used to lose part of our fence during typhoons, too. Didn't know how good I had it till I left there.
@vancacho345 8 ай бұрын
I was there from 73 to 74 just ten weeks but I wish I could do it all over again.i remember the silver spoon or we also called it the greasy spoon drank a lot of beer there.i was a jet engine mechanic.good ol times
@盛泡-x6c 8 ай бұрын
沖縄県民です！昔の素晴らしい記録有難うございます
@creative-blendmode 9 ай бұрын
I forgot to tell you I was born Naminoue Real close to shrine
@creative-blendmode 9 ай бұрын
I’m glad I found your slideshow I was born in 1958. this is amazing thank you so much🎉
@ColoradoGeorge 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@MickMcClary 9 ай бұрын
Thanks, George, for these terrific images. My first tour on Okinawa was 1972-75 so these images are very much as I remember - except for those scenes of the birthday party. I wasn't invited. HaHa!
@ColoradoGeorge 9 ай бұрын
Fantastic! Thanks for visiting! Lived in Oroku housing out the south gate of Naha!
@stephenmcclary2026 9 ай бұрын
Thanks, George, for these terrific images. My first tour on Okinawa was 1972-75 so these images are very much as I remember - except for those scenes of the birthday party. I wasn't invited. HaHa!
@RichardLukaszewski 9 ай бұрын
Excellent job on both videos. Thanks for posting them. I was stationed there October 1969 to March 1971. I was assigned to the 374th FMS working on the C-130A models. I did a lot of TDY's to Vietnam (Ton San Nhut & Cam Rhan Bay) and to Ubon Thailand. It was a great assignment and the Okinawan people were superb.
@ColoradoGeorge 9 ай бұрын
We're there same time! C-130 folks worked their butts off! Lived next to a crew member in Oroku Housing, Naha!
@danielroque8504 9 ай бұрын
I graduated Tech School at Corry Station in 89.....The military camaraderie is a wonderful experience....young, vibrant, strong, a lil cash in the pocket, and big dreams.....the best time of my life~
@WayneChoate-e3x 10 ай бұрын
I was at Shemya 72 to 73, just like l remembered. I long yr.
@ColoradoGeorge 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for viewing!
@anahiubalre 10 ай бұрын
Hello, my name is Anahi and I work as a researcher for a french production company doing a documentary film on the Jupiter Missiles in Turkey. We are very interested in the photos you have. Would you have an email to talk about this? Thank you ! Anahi for Cinétévé.
@ColoradoGeorge 10 ай бұрын
@dansims6788 10 ай бұрын
Was there in March 1978 for Life Support school
@robertgarcia7733 11 ай бұрын
Lived at Naha from 1965-68. Graduated from Kubasaki High in 1968. Okinawa is truly a magical place. An experience growing up I’ll always cherish
@ColoradoGeorge 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching video!
@michaelsullivan4213 11 ай бұрын
Was there in April 1980 for egress school. Marched to class in the morning and that was the only time .
@mikebarrager8293 11 ай бұрын
I was a C-141 Loadmaster out of McChord AFB 1974-1996 lots of missions out to Adak and Sheyma delivering food and anything else you could think of. Lots of great memories. Sometimes cross winds were so bad the pilot was using his side window to line up on the runway lots of pucker factor, especially winter with 6 inches solid ice.
@豪-m3r Жыл бұрын
ありがとうございます！
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
You are more than welcome! ❤
@sandovalperry2895 Жыл бұрын
I had to dig out the old family slides from 1958 after watching these memories. As kids running out to play my father would yell out the door - DON’T PICK UP ANY GRENADES!
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking time tilo watch the video! I watch it every now and then to keep fond memories alive!
@Jim_Julian Жыл бұрын
Looks good. Well done, George.
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 😅
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
Check KZbin handle "ColoradoGeorge" for more videos! 😂
@badgumby9544 Жыл бұрын
I don't remember having to march at any time, during my training at Keesler AFB.
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
You missed out on all the fun! Sounds like Keesler has a bit of a summer camp environment? Woke?
@badgumby9544 Жыл бұрын
@@ColoradoGeorge I was hung over pretty much every day at class. Drugs and alcohol were everywhere when I was in the AF. Most of the crew chiefs and mechanics of the B52's and KC135's at my first, and only, duty base were all drug users and heavy drinkers. My immediate supervisor was one of the base drug dealers. I got out of my contract early(honorable discharge) because I couldn't stand being in anymore. It was a joke.
@henrysquillante9766 Жыл бұрын
My barracks was near the B-36.
@henrysquillante9766 Жыл бұрын
Is was there 1960-1961, Fabric, Leather and Rubber repair man course. I learned how to sew, repair life rafts and B-52 fuel cells.
@roypribble2233 Жыл бұрын
Arriving from Lackland in January, it was a warm, beautiful experience until the next morning, snow piled up to the doorknobs. As a Texas boy, I have never been so cold in my life. 16 weeks of frozen instrument training. Then sent me to warm El Paso to warm up. Just as I thawed out, back to the deep freeze in Wichita, Kansas-McConnell OJT on F-105's in winter. I eventually thawed out at Korat RTAFB in Thailand. It's been a cold and hot hitch!
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
Yup...marched through the winter snow wearing almost everything we owned from may through May 62-63.
@gailwagner8115 Жыл бұрын
I was there 20 years later ❤️ fond memories..
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
Glad you made.it out of there! 😂
@Oliver20180 Жыл бұрын
I'm Okinawan who born in 71, falling love with US Military guy, married him, and lives in US for 30 years now. Your facts about Okinawan culture is so accurate and impressive! Thank you for sharing those amazing pictures and still loving Okinawa! 😊🇯🇵❤🇺🇲
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching the video...much appreciated!Arigato!
@Iamgreywolf 7 ай бұрын
I’m the posting guys older brother, Eric. That little scrap of coral will always hold a dear part of my heart. I loved living there even though I was pretty young, age 11-13. The climate, the food, the culture, and mainly the Okinawan people make it one of the best places in the world. I would absolutely love to return there if just to go lay on the beach. I had several girl friends when i was there and they all had Okinawan moms and US serviceman fathers. Such a wonderful part of my life. We lived off base for 18 months near Sukiran Army post. Our home was within walking distance to Nagagusku Castle, my playground. I went to the Yonabaru tug of war 3 times and was always treated like a visiting relative by total strangers. Very ancient and unique culture even though your people and their lives were turned upside down by the horrors of WWII. So Domo Arigato. 👍🏼🫶🏻, Eric Rehwaldt
@chuckiepeoples 7 ай бұрын
Can you speak Okinawan? Most in Okinawa cannot for some reason.
@joshmartin1938 Жыл бұрын
AGE Mechanic school- Jan 78' thru May 78'. Coldest winter of my life. Had a blast at Chanute. Thanks for the memories...
@ColoradoGeorge Жыл бұрын
Thanks for viewing the video! 😊 was cold during my stint there as well! Wore every thing we owned to keep warm while marching to school!
@tomtumbale3944 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing I was born at kadena base in 1960 and left there in 1972 when okinawa was turned back to Japan. Kids must be the same age as me. Hope you are doing well.
@xyandz100 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. A buddy and I were there from Dec 68 - Jan 69. We each had a suit made in Futema and decided to eat at a fancy restaurant that was located on the way to Naha. As best I remember it was big, nice and on ocean side of the road. Do you happen to remember the name? Semp Fi. Bob
@ColoradoGeorge 6 ай бұрын
Did it sport an "A" sign? 😂
@charleslawrence5573 Жыл бұрын
I was sent there in 73 but only stayed about a month and a half, never got to see these amazing pictures thank you so much.
@Sept-qu7hs Жыл бұрын
I explored the base in the 2000's after it was shutdown. @fjpfloyd