[R-390] RE: Radio Facility photos, R390 in use (Richard Spargur)

[Rich MC Clung]

Looks like Okinawa, but long before my time.............
  RICH  WA6KNW


  
1. RE: Radio Facility photos, R390 in use (Richard Spargur)

I liked the photo's and wish I had some of the boatanchors. The style of
building tells me this is overseas. The guard shack being concrete suggests
it was near a wartime/overseas. Since we see no armed guards (guns, gates,
guards) it suggests peacetime or peaceful area, overseas and in a
non-hostile area. I see in one of the photos look at the shoulder patch on
one of the soldiers. That looks like the distinctive China, Burma, India
(CBI) patch. See attachment h3416[1].jpg for an example. This patch is on
the Sergeant First Class' left shoulder signifying current assignment.
Right shoulder is for recognition of his participation in combat with that
unit. Also notice the Private in another picture with the one stripe on his
shirt. When the army moved, at least by the 60s, away from the Eisenhower
jackets, shown in the picture, the stripes disappeared from the dress shirt.
Since there are R-390s (not R-390As) in the pictures, and I think (don't
shoot me if I am wrong) the first R-390s came out around 1951 (I was 1 y.o.
and don't remember it to clearly; I am lucky to remember what I ate for
breakfast yesterday) this photo must be from the 1950s. Anybody out there
know when the CBI unit patch was retired? Low end on the date for the
photos is 1951/2 the high end is when the CBI patch and the Eisenhower
jackets were retired. Notice that farming is allowed around the antenna
field in the last photo. That would not be allowed in war time, unless it
was Korea and this is in Japan. Anybody else got an idea? 

BC-610s don't help the date. We had BC-610s as late as the late 60s and
early 70s. I know we gave them to the South Vietnamese Army. 


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Reaves" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:52 AM
Subject: [R-390] Radio Facility, R390 in use


> Anyone know what or where this site might have been? A friend sent 
> the pictures but was unable to identify the source.
>
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/DonReaves/MilitaryRadioStation?authkey=eYwXfcGjA4k>
>
> Don