136th CSS "Det. 12", "Det. 6" & "Det. 6 Sec. 1"

1952-1954

 

USAF SECURITY SERVICE

 

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Here are a few songs that were popular from 1951 to 1955

Remember Hank Williams Sr. songs being played in the Mess Hall at 5:30AM?

 1951 Cold Cold Heart by Hank Williams Sr.
 1952 Your Cheatin Heart by Hank Williams Sr.
 1952 Wheel of Fortune by Kay Starr
 1953 Amore by Dean Martin

 1953 Have You Heard by Joni James
 1954 Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes
 1955 Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Perez Perado

 

The Alamo San Antonio, Texas

March, 1952

 

Armed Forces Day, Houston St. San Antonio

Texas May, 1952

 

Detachment 12 136th CSS

Brooks AFB, Texas Aug, 1952

 

USNS Gen. E. T. Collins

This is the ship we took to Japan in Feb.1953

 

USNS Gen. E. T. Collins

Feb. 8, 1953

 

Initiation while crossing the international dateline on the way to Japan.

Everyone had their face pushed into the stomach of King Neptune.

His stomach was covered with green dye.

We crossed the Pacific on the USNS E. T. Collins

February 8, 1953.

 

Certificate received for crossing the international dateline on the way to Japan.

February 8, 1953.

 

Kirk & Alex

Section 1, Det 6, 136th CSS,

Operations K55 Osan-ni, Korea April, 1953

 

Hamilton

K55 April, 1953

 

William Rhodes in radio hut

K55 April, 1953

Photo by Joeseph Cloyd

 

Joseph Cloyd in radio hut

K55 April, 1953

Photo by Joseph Cloyd

 

Morrow, Kon, John Fox & Ed Harrop K55 April, 1953

 

Mert Winsworth, Motor Pool, K55 May, 1953

 

Bruno taking some sun. K55 May, 1953

 

Boyle & Pate (on truck) K55 Aug, 1953

 

Kirk, Ropp & Hamilton K55 Aug, 1953

 

McCormick, AP, K55 "Eight Ball Lodge" Billets

Oct, 1953

 

Operations 136th CSS Det. 6 Sec.1, K55 Korea

Oct, 1953

 

Billets K55 Oct, 1953

 

O’Rourke with F86 at K55 Oct, 1953

 

Train station at Moriyama-cho 1953

Photo by Wendell Lowe

 

Main Gate of the Moriyama-cho Compound 1953

 

Main Gate of the Moriyama-cho Compound 2003 provided by Zenro Suzuoki

 


Main Gate of the Moriyama-cho Compound 3/1/2011 provided by Ed Harrop

The peak of the old Billets/Headquaters can be seen behind the round blue sign

above the entrance building. Notice the changes from the 2003 photo.

 

Billets/Headquaters Det. 6 136 CSS Moriyama-cho Compound 1953

 

Billets/Headquaters and parade ground at Moriyama 1953

 

Billets/Headquarters at Moriyama 2003 provided by Zenro Suzuoki

 

 

 

Google Earth photo of the Moriyama Compound 12/31/2006

Original 1953 Headquarters/Billets  can be seen in the upper left corner

of the photo .The barracks that remained after the fire is in the upper right.

 The entrance is near the bottom left of the photo                                                  

 

Entrance Hall of the Billets/Headquarters at Moriyama 2003 provided by Zenro Suzuoki

 

Side Hall of the Billets/Headquarters at Moriyama 2003 provided by Zenro Suzuoki

 

Sleeping Quarters of the Billets/Headquarters at Moriyama 2003 provided by Zenro Suzuoki

 

Looking out of the Entrance of the Billets/Headquarters at Moriyama 2003 provided by Zenro Suzuoki

 

 

The old building adjacent to the billets that burned down in November 1953. Photo taken by Zenro Suzuoki in 2003

 

The following photos of the November 2, 1953 barracks fire were contributed by Joe Cloyd

The fire occured just before my return to Moriyama from Korea

 

Bob Spiwak in garden near original Moriyama Club before it moved into the remaining billets. Nov. 1953


Ticket for the Louis Armstrong "Satchmo" Jazz Concert at the Nagoya City Convention Center, December 16th 1953.

 

Carl Waterhouse and Donald Maddox. 1953

Photo by Joseph Cloyd

 

Sato and I at the Moriyama Club in remaining

 billets after the fire. 1954

 

Moody, Boyle, Cassutt, Fuchs & Anderson

Operations Moriyama, Japan 1953

 

Jimmy Straughn and Joe Cloyd up front. Dutrielle in the middle back

and William Elias far right. Others are unknown. 1953, Moriyama Compound

Photo by Joseph Cloyd

 

Captain Robert Reckner Commander 136th CSS 1952

Photo by Wendell Lowe

 

Rhodes, Joe Gifford, Lewis, Wilson, Hamilton and Sykes 1953

Photo by Joseph Cloyd

 

Houseboys in front of Sgt.Charles J. (Jim) Kidd's

1949 Ford, 1952, Moriyama Compound

Photo by Wendell Lowe

 

 

 

Christmas in Nagoya, Japan 1953

Bob Spiwak Touring Nagoya, Japan 1954

Photo by Wendell Lowe

 

"Sugar’s Place", Ozone, Japan 1954

 

Nagoya Castle, Nagoya, Japan 1954

 

Taken from Osu Street Nagoya, Japan 1953

 

USAF cafeteria across the street from

the Air Force hospital, Nagoya, Japan 1953

 

Nagoya, Japan 1953

 

Nagoya, Japan 1954

 

The Atsuta Shrine, Nagoya, Japan 1954

 

Chimbo (Fertility) Festival in Nagoya, March 1954

 

Hirokoji Street, Nagoya, Japan 1954

“The large building down Hirokoji St. is the 5th Air Force Headquarters

where we had many meals in the basement mess”.  From Len Neiwert