Hi Michael, another co-incidence … I now live in St. Pete..... have lived here since getting out of the Guard in 71 … Retired from the newspaper here in 2008, now fully retired, racing Go-karts for fun.
I was there in 83...as part of a FESEC inspection team...for a week if I remember correctly...seemed a lot longer...never will forget it. Wish I could go back for a visit right now!
Quite enjoyable, as an 18 year old Seaman Apprentice, I was part of the commissioning crew in 1964. Happily only spent ten months with early rotation. We started off in army tents in 110 degree heat. I have a picture of myself in the same corridor also holding up a glass fishing ball. Cheers!
Spent about 6 hours on Marcus Island in the early 1990s while reporting for Pacific Stars & Stripes on the U.S. Coast Guardsmen who ran the LORAN station there. What great guys! Unbelievably enough, two were from my patch of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The place was modern day time capsule. Japanese Imperial Army pillboxes still stood and a mine sat perched on the reef. Still have a glass ball from a fishing net. Wished I could have stayed longer and gone out of the R&R fishing boat they had. But it was either leave with the C-130 or stay a month. I left.
Page 574 Annexed (1899) and used by Japan, first as a cable station, later as an air and naval base, the island has been administered by United States since World War II.
I somehow happened upon your video. What memories for me too. I was part of a USCG aircrew out of CGAS Barbers Point on HC-130-B in 1976-77 flying in equipment and Japanese civilian contractors to service the LORAN tower. Strapped these huge shackles one to a pallet for the tower guy wires among other gear. Ran into an SK-2 shipmate there from my company at boot camp in 1974. We staged out of Yokota AFB also making fights to Iwo Jima, Saipan, Guam, and Yap. An amazing part of military history very few people know about. I salute all who crewed these isolated places.
Fascinating images from a different time and place. The fond memories of such an immediate, stripped back life really come through... Recent technology, like GNSS, has eliminated the need for outposts like this, which were needed to bridge previously large distances between continents. Now we simply bypass these little pieces of life that few once worked hard to maintain for the convenience of the masses - leaving them for nature to reclaim. Thanks for sharing.
Great upload,and they just discovered a REAL-LARGE supply of rare earth minerals,in the mud off the coast of this nice little island,that could last the world for several hundred yrs,in the manufacturing of expensive electronics ..GO JAPAN!
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Awesome, I was there September 1969 to 70. Thanks for rhe memories.
We overlapped by a couple of months
thanks. I was there 70-71. next duty station was USCG Cutter Juniper, out of St Petersburg Fla.
Hi Michael, another co-incidence … I now live in St. Pete..... have lived here since getting out of the Guard in 71 … Retired from the newspaper here in 2008, now fully retired, racing Go-karts for fun.
I was there in 83...as part of a FESEC inspection team...for a week if I remember correctly...seemed a lot longer...never will forget it. Wish I could go back for a visit right now!
Quite enjoyable, as an 18 year old Seaman Apprentice, I was part of the commissioning crew in 1964. Happily only spent ten months with early rotation. We started off in army tents in 110 degree heat. I have a picture of myself in the same corridor also holding up a glass fishing ball. Cheers!
My Dad was there in mid 60’s
Steve Gliniewicz. He talked often of it.
Spent about 6 hours on Marcus Island in the early 1990s while reporting for Pacific Stars & Stripes on the U.S. Coast Guardsmen who ran the LORAN station there. What great guys! Unbelievably enough, two were from my patch of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The place was modern day time capsule. Japanese Imperial Army pillboxes still stood and a mine sat perched on the reef. Still have a glass ball from a fishing net. Wished I could have stayed longer and gone out of the R&R fishing boat they had. But it was either leave with the C-130 or stay a month. I left.
I was stationed there in 1982. Worked with some great people crazy times. Best fishing I've ever had.
Electronics Tech Nov 68-Nov 69. Climbed the tower during yearly shut down and did a lot of free diving. Interesting year..
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Annexed (1899) and used by Japan, first as a cable station, later as an air and naval base, the island has been administered by United States since World War II.
Was there 87 to 88….mushi mushi….great times with the Japanese guys!!!
I somehow happened upon your video. What memories for me too. I was part of a USCG aircrew out of CGAS Barbers Point on HC-130-B in 1976-77 flying in equipment and Japanese civilian contractors to service the LORAN tower. Strapped these huge shackles one to a pallet for the tower guy wires among other gear. Ran into an SK-2 shipmate there from my company at boot camp in 1974. We staged out of Yokota AFB also making fights to Iwo Jima, Saipan, Guam, and Yap. An amazing part of military history very few people know about. I salute all who crewed these isolated places.
I was there April 1971 to 72
Wow! Wonderful graphics. I was part of the commissioning crew in 1964. Thanks
Thanks for posting.Where else but you tube can one be brought to a place like this.One day I would love to tour some of these remote pacific islands.
Nice work!! Thank you!
Fascinating images from a different time and place. The fond memories of such an immediate, stripped back life really come through... Recent technology, like GNSS, has eliminated the need for outposts like this, which were needed to bridge previously large distances between continents. Now we simply bypass these little pieces of life that few once worked hard to maintain for the convenience of the masses - leaving them for nature to reclaim. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing!
I was thinking the same. The internet allows to see places we would never even have known about.
Great upload,and they just discovered a REAL-LARGE supply of rare earth minerals,in the mud off the coast of this nice little island,that could last the world for several hundred yrs,in the manufacturing of expensive electronics ..GO JAPAN!
People pay $ thousands of dollars to surf alone in remote reefs, yours was free. Tiger or Blacktip ???