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tons of equipment that was used in the early days of korean
war had been sitting for five years at a
surplus deport on the west coast of Okinawa near Bolo Point north
of Kadena Air Base,you name it ,it was there.
I had heared that a lot of this equipment fell apart when it
was put into service after getting to korea,I had seen this surplus deport
when i was a okinawa 1949-1951,the first time i went by the deport was in Aug
1950 to set up targets a Bolo Point for the F-80s of the 51st
FIW 25th fighter squadron,26th fighter squadron,16th fighter
squadron,went by there for one week while on this duty.At this time equipment
was being moved out of the deport,most went by cargo ships to Japan then
over to korea,some went by C-54s to Tachikawa Air Base,Japan,small items.So
those C rations and the dead Batteries could very-well had been in
that surplus deport for years.
Les Hanson A Longago
Airman
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