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Most of these are my photo's from the Hawk Missile Sites I was at, but some have been sent in by others. If you have any Hawk pictures, either in a computer file or just a good old paper print, let me know and we'll figure out how to get them displayed here on the Hawk Okinawa Page. Here's some of the Hawk Sites I found using Google Earth. Once you figure out what to look for, it a lot easier to find them. Site 12 looks like it was converted to another use, but 10 and 11 look pretty much the same - maybe Japan's National Defense Force still uses them?
Best Viewed at Screen Size 800 x 600 The following pictures are from Sgt. Larry Trainer in Matthews, NC. Larry started at B/8/1 on Site 11 and was on Okinawa from August 1965 until February 1968 and remembers 1SG Oren Philpot as a great guy. Here's some pictures from the 1967 Accipter Year Book. Accipter is the Latin name for birds that are known as hawks.
Click on the picture to see it actual size The following pictures are from John Gago from in Lynwood IL. John was an E4 in 1963 and was at D-8-1 on Site 12 (Nago, MT.Tano Dake). Then moved to Site 9 which was A-8-1 at that time.
Click on the picture to see it actual size Here are a few pictures of Sgt.Oren Philpott at C-8-1 from his son, Joseph Philpott Sr. Click on the picture to see it actual size Here's some of my Okinawa picture collection: Click on the picture to see it actual size The following pictures are from John Murdoch, 24F20 at site 10 for 18 months (pulse radars etc for a year and then simulators) and left in 01/1972.
Click on the picture to see it actual size Koza's "BC Street" and "GATE 2" bar girls, photos from Douglas circa 1963 to 1965.
Click on the picture to see it actual size The following pictures are from Specialist E5 John O'Loughlin in North Salem, New York. John worked at the A-8-1 TAC Site in engineering for most of his time there ('67-'69). Initially he worked in the motor pool and was eventually promoted to E5 in charge of engineering at A-8-1.
Click on the picture to see it actual size The following pictures are from Specialist E5 Greg Ball in Detroit. Click on the picture to see it actual size The following pictures are from Tom Guyett,
Clovis, CA. He was with A/8/1 at site 10 from mid 1969 thru 1970 and worked as a 24F20 (radar tech on the pulse radars and the BCC).
Click on the picture to see it actual size The following pictures are from Diana Barnett of her late husband Frank's 1965 tour of duty on Tokashiki Island. He was a launcher crewman with Bat. B, 2nd Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery. Pictures by Mark Soldate, Bill Bvdniak, Bill Stautberg, Jeff Johnson and Rick Schwartz, circa 1967 Click on the picture to see it actual size The following 7 pictures are from Dave & Brenda Goff Click on the picture to see it actual size
Editors Note: They looked so good then, but now most of these cuties are probably pushing 70!
Greg was the C-8-1 Battery Clerk while I was on Okinawa.
