623rd AC&W SQ. Miyako Jima Photo Gallery by Doc G at pbase.com

623rd AC&W SQ. Miyako Jima

Miyako Jima, home of the 623 AC&W Squadron Detachment 1. About 180 NM southwest of Okinawa it was 17 miles wide and 26 miles long at it's widest and longest points. I was stationed there from July 1966 through June of 1967. I worked in the power plant.

The site COmmander was Col. Gerwick. The First Sgt. was Jack Cain. The OIC over Radar maintenance and the power plant was LT. Suralik. (Not sure of the spelling)

Super Typhoon Cora struck the island in September 1966. It pretty much wiped us out. Knocked one radar bubble over and left the Comm site looking like pick up sticks.

I processed most of these slides myself in the base hobby shop. Temperature controls were almost non existent and general processing conditions were pretty bad. It's a small wonder they came out out at all. Thirty-eight years later I copied them to digital format with a home-made slide copier. That will help explain the poor image quality of some of the the photos.

At any rate, poor quality or not, I hope you enjoy them. --- Doc George

623rd AC&W SQ DET 1 Miyako	623rd AC&W SQ Miyako
			Motor Pool
Keys and Zinsmeyer	Power Plant	Power Plant	Power Plant
Power Plant	Gun Bunker, Miyako




Mail Pick-up	At the air strip.	After Cora	From the LSM
The LSM	LSM 335	Air America	Colonel's Beach, Miyako
Colonel's Beach, Miyako	Colonel's Beach, Miyako	Colonel's Beach, Miyako	Colonel's Beach, Miyako
A beach near the Coast Guard Loran Site	Leper Colony, Miyako	Leper Colony, Miyako	Leper Colony, Miyako
Miyako -- unknown	Miyako hay cart	Miyako old bum	Miyako unknown street
Miyako air strip	Miyako -- after Cora	Miyako -- New Bubble -- After Cora	Miyako -- FireStation -- After Cora
Miyako -- After Cora -- Bent but not broken flag pole.	Miyako -- After Cora	Miyako -- FireStation -- After Cora	Miyako After Cora
Miyako After Cora	Miyako After Cora -- Comm Site	Miyako After Cora	NCO Club Steps after Cora
Filling Sandbags	Filling Sandbags	Okinawa -- Downtown Naha 1967	Okinawa -- Downtown Naha 1967
Okinawa -- Downtown Naha 1967	Okinawa -- Downtown Naha 1967	Okinawa -- Gun bunkers on hill in front of transient barracks	Okinawa -- Gun bunkers on hill in front of transient barracks
Okinawa -- The backside of the gun bunkers in front of transient barracks


	Christmas 1966

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