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Re: Okinawa Rats
[Re: Dylan Phelps124]
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03/04/25 04:41 PM
03/04/25 04:41 PM
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Williamsport, Pa.
jk
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I met this photographer there and just found out his photos are on line. Blackie took many many photos in the '50.....interesting to see, that is just 10 years after WW II. https://youtu.be/jk6CbJV3ncs There are several series of these to look at......jk
Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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Re: Okinawa Rats
[Re: jk]
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03/04/25 05:32 PM
03/04/25 05:32 PM
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Goldsboro, North Carolina
Paul Dobbins
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Paul I was there the same time as you. I was in civilain affaire unit at the hospital so I learn Japanese quick ( and made many errors -but that is how you learn). I remember the mongooses and the habus but the rats were only rural then and they looked just like the grey rat that you see anywhere. They also had the regular looking box turtles around the country side. We caught crabs and shrimp of all kinds, but now the reefs are filled in so that they are probably hard to find now. Fresh water fishing in the reservoirs for sunnes and bass, but i swam and fished the ocean as much as possible. Also we had good duck hunting, doves were small and did get some pigs on occasion. Winter weather was dreary cold and it RAINED and it RAINED for months.
There was a American civilian named Blackie who was a photographer he had boxes of photos, I do not know what happened to them or him.....jk After a year on Guam, I got to go to Okinawa on a TDY to recondition some bomb fins. I was single then, and spent many evenings on Gate 2 and BC street.
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Re: Okinawa Rats
[Re: Dylan Phelps124]
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03/04/25 06:03 PM
03/04/25 06:03 PM
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Williamsport, Pa.
jk
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I knew them well, but also went to the local's places. Really enjoyed it and have been back three times since then. According to the google earth thing, now it looks just like down town anywhere. On that web site you can sort of drive around the streets looking, not much left for me there anymore. Oh except a few friends and they are getting old and becoming missing.....jk
Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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Re: Okinawa Rats
[Re: 330-Trapper]
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03/04/25 06:36 PM
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Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
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Bait them with Gatorade  sugary candy packed on the pan to make them work it harder like tootsie roll or taffy
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Okinawa Rats
[Re: Dylan Phelps124]
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03/04/25 06:40 PM
03/04/25 06:40 PM
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St. Louis Co, Mo
BigBob
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My ride to the 'Nam hadda gas up in Guam, night time, couldn't see squat, got to spend some time with a buddy.
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