![](../../images/odyssey/japan/blum_armed_forces_day_01_small.jpg)
Military Equipment
on display |
![](../../images/odyssey/japan/blum_armed_forces_day_02_small.jpg)
"G.I" Fire Truck |
![](../../images/odyssey/japan/blum_parade_01_small.jpg)
Colors Passing
the review stand |
Pass
In Review
the 508th on the parade ground |
Crowd
Control
a U.S. MP and what may be a Japanese counterpart protect the parade
ground |
Sikorsky
H-19 Chickasaw
helicopters |
Chickasaw
deploying troops |
![](../../images/odyssey/japan/blum_parade_05_small.jpg)
Weapons Display
by a pair of machine guns |
![](../../images/odyssey/japan/blum_parade_06_small.jpg)
Observation Aircraft
probably a Cessna L-19 (AKA O-1 Bird Dog).
Watch a
takeoff and landing on a similar grass strip |
![](../../images/odyssey/japan/blum_armed_forces_day_03_small.jpg)
Bleacher Seating
used during the event empty after the demonstrations were over |