Mineman Around the World-Naha, Okinawa-1954, Part 2

[DG-14] Front: McRoberts, Pippen, Martin, Phillips. Mid Row: Jackson,
Brown, McCrelless, Spangler. Back: Spencer, Goldsmith, VanStone

[DG-25] Compound at Naha

[DG-26] Gang cleaning mine crate hardware

[DG-27] Phillips, Houghland, VanStone, Pippen and Goldsmith, 1954

[DG-28] Jim Spencer and pal

[DG-29] Phillips and Mk 36

NOTE: "Rake" stations were the places where we tracked the mine drops from the Navy P2V bomber squadrons. Two of the rake stations were located on islands ( islands were very small and were not named ) and one station was on the Okinawa main shore. We were transported to the two islands by small boats or sometimes a landing craft, whatever was available. In tracking we used theodolites, instruments to locate the smoke bombs dropped from the plane, the three sites formed a triangle and each recorded the locations of the smoke bombs. ( smoke bombs were used in place of mines ) the planes were to lay mines is a specific pattern, we recorded where they landed by the splash and smoke. Later our recordings were charted and showed the pattern of the drops.