From New Jersey to Japan - 1955
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1. Street scene in Chicago where we had a couple hour layover on the way to Ft. Lewis, WA. I don't remember what this was all about. Oct. 15, 1955
2. Chicago Street Scene. Oct. 15, 1955
3. Observation car of the train we were riding. Took a couple days and was very pleasant ride. Oct. 1955, probably the 16th.
4. Very pretty scenery as we passed through Ringling, Montana. Taken from moving train. I snapped several like this but am only posting this one for now.
5. Seattle Washington street scene, about Oct. 1955, probably the 17th.
6. Seattle Washington street scene same as above.
7. Here I am on the ship in Seattle but not under way. Sometime toward the last week in Oct. 1955.
8. Finally under way - somewhere in the Pacific ocean. Still October, 1955
9. Sunset on the Yellow sea. I remember taking this picture and waiting until the sun was sitting right on the water at the horizon. The Yellow Sea is an arm of the Pacific Ocean between the Chinese mainland and the Korean Peninsula.
10. Hardy Barracks, my first stop in Japan. Stayed here a couple of days before heading on out to the Owada Receiver station a few miles away. Last part of Oct. 1955.
11. Camp Drake, Japan, near the PX. December, 1955.
12. Another view of Camp Drake, near the PX. December, 1955 - same day as above picture.
13. Downtown Tokyo. Dec. 1955
14. Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Dec. 1955.
15. Statue near the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Dec. 1955.
16. Near Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan Dec. 1955
17. An Art Class at Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan Dec. 1955
18. Shrine on Tokyo street. Dec. 1955.
