North Camp Drake, Page 4

MORE PHOTOS OF THE GUYS FROM JCRC-J

Previously on this thread.

John Jubb just sent me a bunch of photos from JCRC-J at North Camp Drake taken in 1958 and possibly 1959. John worked down the hall from me and for a while was a roomate.

The building above is the JCRC Headquarters Offices and Billets. Offices and other administration rooms were on the first floor, billets on the second and third. I worked in the Orderly Room to the right of the main entrance, about where the car is parked.

Modeling the new optional summer uniforms! Did we look like Boy Scouts?

That's John and two friends at the NCO Club. You can tell that it's on post from the Becks Beer, which cost a ridiculous 25 cents served with live entertainment.

And here is John and his boss, Sergeant Hicks. They worked in the Supply Room Office.

This is the Supply Room Office, which looked just like the other offices including mine. The lady is Katy, their secretary, and that's John on the right.

Below are pictures sent by others:

JCRC Orderly Room, CQ desk, after I left.

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Here are two photos from Roger Glubka of Hawaii, who was there in the ASA successor unit in 1965-67. The first is his car, bought & sold for $50 at the time. The other apparently shows the building across the parking lot from our living quarters, which in our time was used as offices for ACRAPAC.

Comments

[Evelyn]

Just wanted to quickly let you know I'm enjoying these photos. It gives you an honest glimpse of the era. I've been having to do some of my work from public computers which hampers my work time but I should be making some great progress this month. I've got a ton of writing to unload in my PC! Thanks for the glimpse of the late 50s!

[Michael J. Niejadlik]

I served in the US Army from 1967 through 1969 and was from 1968 to 1969 was stationed at the 249th General Hospital at what was called Camp Drake and I believe that this location - including the Pentagon was on the site that I was stationed at. Life may have been a little different through the VietNam era but the geographic location and the back gate being near the train station certainly clicked with me. I also recall playing golf at a very nice 18 hole golf course which was almost directly across the street (I think ?) from the main gate to the facility but upon looking up in Google Earth, I do not seem to find any evidence at all of this golf course. I also seem to recall that we had an Armed Forces Radion Station and a friend of mine (AKA John Barton) worked part time as a DJ for the station)... I found no further reference to this radion station either. As I recall, my office was on the 2nd floor of the Pentagon and my job was essentially that of NCO of Admissions and Dispostions of Patients coming into and from the 249th Hospital. I do have a significant number of photographs / slides still in my possession while I was stationed there including remembering Bob Hope doing his Christmas tour at the Camp Drake Movie House... it was a sell-out crowd. If you'd like to see / hear more of my memories, please drop me an email and I'll see what I can come up with. One question that I do have... while you were there... did you remember any type/kind of Plastics Factories in the nearby area ? I have another friend who thinks that there were some large manufacturing facilites nearby but I cannot remember those at all. I can remember the bars scattered just out side the main gate, etc but no factories.

[Tom Hawkins]

I enjoyed seeing the photos and reading the comments. I was also stationed with the 1967 Communications Squadron at North Camp Drake from early 72 - late 74. While there I lived at Grant Heights and in the patties out the back gate of N. Drake. I enjoyed every minute I was there, but like so many others i didn't recognize it at the time.

[Sylvia Peck]

My husband was stationed at Camp Drake from 1958 til 1965. We had quarters on Grant Heights. Sgt.Maj.and Mrs. Parkins D. Peck. I am looking for a roster of personal that was attached to the 500th INTC Group. I am trying to locate the soldier that was godfather to our son, Paul Millard Peck,that was born at Tachi. His name was Sgt.(E-6)Wilcox; first name possibly "Robert".If you have a list of personal stationed at Camp Drake from '58 to '65 I would be forever grateful if you could email it to me. speck1933@yahoo.com Sylvia Peck

[tranzam]

はじめまして。
私は日本人のtranzamといいます。
キャンプドレイクの事調べています。
現在サウスキャンプの辺りに住んでいます。
桃手地区の事を知りたいのですが何か情報ありませんか？
日本語ですみません。

[Michael R Iacovella]

Hi,
Just located your web site, and looked at your photos brought back some great memories.
I was stationed at Drake from July 1966 to July 1968 ASACUJ. I was 72B trick 4 SFC Stinson. Had a great 2 years good and some not good times. If anyone remembers me please email.
Thanks
Mike

[Richard (Rick) Harsen]

I was stationed at North Camp Drake in Asaka, Japan from 65 to 68.

Do you remember the SGT. that had the black 800 cc Honda Hatchback car?

I was the one that spoke average Japanese because I had lived in Japan from 1956-1960. At that time I lived in both Hiyama and Yokosuka.

I was a 723B and worked in the communications center.

Rick Harsen
615-268-5811

[thomas c brown]

i was in japan from mid 1958 till 01/1960 with the usa signal corp / we were 1st stationed in pershing heights and later transfered to camp drake / we had a seperate building down the road which handled all communications from the us to all of the far east using microwave and teletype - i had a great tour / prices were cheap and facilities were good - ther were 6 of use who went thru basic training in ft carson and on to school at ft monmouth nj and stayed together thru our tour of japsn / i can only remember the name of one of my army buddies (francis kent from pittsburg ) if any one knows of him i would luv to contact/

[PATRICK T. COPLEY SR]

I was stationed there at Cp Drake in 1953-56. Worked as a den lab tech at the dental clinic.