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