Camp Chickamauga
in the 1950s. The camp was located near the city of Beppu in Oita
Prefecture |
Barracks Area
was beautifully landscaped
(courtesy of Mike Vecchi) |
 No Mistaking
that this is the hospital serving the men of the 508th with its Red Devil logo variant
painted on a boulder in front of the base hospital facility
(courtesy of Joseph N. Grenier, the same photo was also sent in by Mel
Echelberger) |
 Mel
Echelberger
was the head of the X-Ray department at the Camp Chick medical facility |
View From Hospital
with mountains as backdrop
[courtesy of Mel Echelberger] |
Looking Opposite Way
base scene with groups of men working
[courtesy of Mel Echelberger] |
Delay Jumps
BEPPU, Japan (AP) --- A mass parachute drop of more than
800 troopers of the U.S. 508th regimental combat team was postponed for 24
hours today because of rain[
[The Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA, Wednesday, November 15,
1955, page 17] |
 ...
and then the rain stopped
Ten medics standing by for a drop at Mori DZ
[courtesy of Mel Echelberger] |
|
 CSM
Horace R. Pearl
on the job |
 Mel
Echelberger
astride his Tohatsu 125cc bike outside his barrack area in Camp
Chick..
 Tohatsu
Corporation (Tohatsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company that, beginning
in 1950, built the fastest two-stroke motorcycles in that class and held a
large share of the motorcycle market in
Japan and abroad. However, production ceased in 1964 due to declining
market share. The company continues to manufacture outboard motors and other
items.
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