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New LORAN Station info link

For an excellent link to all USCG LORAN Stations info, including info from Hokkaido, click HERE.
Thanks to Michael P. Green for providing this link on Facebook.

Tuesday

U.S.C.G. Hokkaido Japan

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Monday

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1984 Lorsta Hokkaido Group Photo



1984 Clip of Reagan call
See pictures of the USCS LORAN Station Hokkaido from the vantage point of the antenna by clicking here. Thanks goes to USCG Storekeeper 3rd Class, Veteran, Jeff Howard



1984 Chris and me in the park with new friends



Vic the Dog



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Vic C.



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Vic C. with flags (top),
Beach near base (bottom)


1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Timer Room, Transmitter,
and Antenna


1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Ken Z. (Base Medic)



1984 ET3 John H. (Me)Lorsta Hokkaido



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Shishihara Hiromichi rear), Hermi (front)



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Mr. Conners



1984 John with Retired Vice Admiral Larkin and his wife



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Rodney H.



John with friend



1984 John with Hatomi at Lorsta Hokkaido



John with friend (top), Daryl R. with friends



Jerry and friends



1984 John and new friends at the wine fest



1984 John and friends at the Ikada Wine Fest



1984 John at Ikada Wine Fest



1984 John B. and John H. and friends at the wine fest



James J. and Jerry B.



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Homer Laussade



1984 Greg and Ozi in the Timer Room



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Gary F. and Ray L.



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Gary F. and his wife



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Chris C. at Easter party



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Capt. Butler



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, visitor in Timer Room


1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Timer Room, Akemi (center) with friends
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Wonderful memories of Hokkaido Japan still hold true in my mind. I realize that one year may not seem like much time, but it was a year that had filled my mind with joy and peace and I like to recall those memories often. Even though more than 20 years have come and gone, and time has done its best to try to diminish the memories and cool the love that I once shared with a girl there, time has no jurisdiction on these memories. Those 20 years could not steal or scrape off one sliver of the love I felt for that Japanese girl named Akemi Kyuko, her wonderful country, and the friends that I remember so well and wonder about today.
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1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Akemi and John



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, baseball game against Dairy Association



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, Chris C. at baseball game
against the Dairy Association



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, PAC visit with Admiral Larkin and
his wife, sitting with Mr. Butler



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, (top)
Mr. Lukinich, (bottom) Greg H.
and his girlfriend



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, day on the beach
with the dogs Bi and Vic



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, cold day on the beach



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, beach party, Dave H. Daryl R, Vic C.



1984 Beach near Lorsta Hokkaido,
John dreaming of the future



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, (top) Chief T.
(bottom) Hermi T. and Tom



1984 Lorsta Hokkaido, (top) Mel K.
(bottom) Kent M.



1984 Yukiko and her sister



1984 Yukiko and her brother



1984 Yukiko and her sister (top) Yukiko
and John at Green Park (bottom)



1984 Toshiaki and Miki at Ikada wine fest



1984 Tomiko and Akemi



1984 Super ice slide at Obihiro Ice Fest





1984 John at the Obihiro Ice Fest



1984 Obihiro Ice Fest



1984 Akemi at Obihiro Ice Fest



1984 Akemi and John at the Obihiro Ice Fest



1984 John and friends at the El Paso bar in Obihiro



1984 Tomiko and Lorn B. wedding



1984 (top) John at wedding party,
(bottom) Akemi with her brother



1984 Shishihara Hiromichi (Shishi) speaking at Tomiko and Loren B. wedding



1984 Tomikio and Loran B. wedding



1984 Akemi



1986 Akemi



1984 Akemi, John, Tomiko



1985 Akemi at age 20



1985 Akemi and her father



1984 (top) Akemi, (bottom) Akemi's sister Tomiko



1986 Akemi, with friends at Jingishukan snack bar



1986 Akemi with classmates



1986 Shishihara Hiromichi and Miki, Lorsta Hokkaido Japan



1985 Miyuki (Miki) 7 months old



1986 Tomiko and Miki



1985 Akemi with her friends



1985 Akemi with her friends, Hakodate Shrine



1985 Akemi in nurse school



1985 Akemi and her friends

Thanks for coming to my site and letting me share my memories. Leave a comment if you would like. I would love to read your thoughts.