VA-163 "Saints" Onboard USS Oriskany CVA-34

Yokosuka, Japan Navy Base

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Travis Air Force Base, Oct. 19, 1966
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Travis Air Force Base, Ca - Oct. 19, 1966
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Dennis gets ready to fly to Tachikawa, Japan via Anchorage, Alaska

Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Boeing 707
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Oct 19, 1966 Dennis stops in Anchorage, AK on way to Tachikawa

Dennis's flight MATS stopover at Anchorage, AK
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October 19, 1966 on way to Tachikawa, Japan

Snow covered mountains can be seen in Anchorage
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Dennis flew to Tachikawa AFB, Japan from Anchorage
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Dennis took bus to Yokosuka from Tachikawa.

Here is a parking area next to an EM Club.
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Or is it an air strip next to the EM Club, or a curb next to a wet bar?

I'm thinkin' I'm smellin' Sapporo or Asahi
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or San Miguel, well maybe just a pitcher of draft?

Enlisted men's in-transit barracks at Tachikawa!
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Enlisted men's barracks in Yokosuka, Japan
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Dennis stayed here a few days in transit to Clark Air Base, Philippines

Dennis's barracks on base in Yokosuka, Japan
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Oct. 19 - Oct. 24, 1966

Dennis on base in Yokosuka before he leaves
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to fly to Clark Air Base, PI via Okinawa as Air stop.

This building left over fromWorld War II on base.
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Hills on base in Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan
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Oct. 20, 1966

Caves on Yokosuka Naval Base used during World II
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These caves were used as Air Raid Shelters!!

U.S. Navy uses Yokosuka as Shipbuilding and Repair
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and for Base Facilities for the Pacific Fleet . . .

There are Shipbuilding and Repair Facilites
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At Yokosuka Navy Base . . .

Ship Building and Repair cranes in the Harbor
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The buildings and ship(s) in this photo are near
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Yokosuka's dry dock area for Ship Repair.

Further ship building and repair Facilities
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Yokosuka is a very large ship building facility.
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Other Navy and commercial ships awaiting work.
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Above and Below - Ship Building & Repair Areas on Yokosuka Navy Base

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Sailor Bars and Fleet Liberty Areas in Yokosuka
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Above and Below - Scenes on Honcho Street

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This is the old Enlisted Men's Club Alliance at
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Yokosuka Navy Base. I hear they stopped using it!

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