[Boatanchors] Hashafisti Scratchi

[Garey Barrell]

Dave -

The 'Scratchi' in 1934 lists his address as 'Osockme, Japan'.   "Feenix" came much later.

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David Stinson wrote:
> Long ago (1982) when I was still a young'un, my
> "other" hobby beside ham radio was miniatures wargaming.  One year, our club ran a Pacific 
> Theater campaign.
> I played the IJN Admiral in command of the forces based
> at Truk.  We had to name our game "persona" and I became
> "Admiral Scratchi Itchiyama."   I was not trying to insult
> Japanese;  I picked that in memory of Hashafisti Scratchi.
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S