Less than 7 hours after the late movie the calm would be shattered by FIRE! Fire of such magnitude that it would take several days to grasp the full extent of the tragedy. Today, some 40 years later the event is still talked about. In all of Security Group there is still only one “THE FIRE” – the Kamiseya fire.
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CTIC Frederick A. Randall
September 11, 1939 – April 15, 1969
Fall came early to the Kanto Plain that year. Winter’s cold bite was surely not far off. The new gymnasium, under construction since May, was progressing on schedule. The change of command ceremony held in July had been a success and the command was getting used to the new Commanding Officer – Captain James William Pearson. Kamiseya’s first Bon Odori festival, back in August had been a great success, twenty-one teams competed that year.
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On July 28, 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces G2, Brigadier General Dennis Nolan, tasked Captain Frank Moorman, a Coast Artillery officer, to form a new Radio Intelligence Section under the General Staff. Moorman understood that the mission of the new Section was to read German code and decipher messages, but that was where his guidance ended.
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Showcasing new branches signals China’s push to reshape combat strategy by integrating advanced tech for joint operations, analysts say China’s grand military parade highlighting new space, cyber and information warfare branches underscored the country’s push to weave advanced technologies into its combat strategy, according to analysts.
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By Thomas G. Sanders
I joined the Naval reserve at 17 and went to boot camp and CT school before I went on two years active duty. My assignment was Kamiseya, Japan. I arrived in September 1964. Later the Navy solicited volunteers for the Naval Security Detachment on Kyushu and I volunteered, which is why I wasn’t at Kamiseya during the fire. I left for my new assignment two months before the fire and I took Scott’s death very personal when I heard about the fire. I was still assigned to Kami but worked in southern Japan. I worked with the men that died and were injured but Scott (“Red”) was special to me in ways different than most of his friends.
Image: All photos this page courtesy John Pappone
Three pictures of Gregory Scott “Red” Williams
(December 1945 – September 1965)
at Kamiseya prior to the fire.
John Pappone is also pictured (left) in the upper left featued image.
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