For Thanksgiving the cooks were able to obtain some frozen turkeys from the Army. The cooks put the turkeys on steel tables, the cooks then sat on the other tables. We gave them all the heavy scrub brush heads we could find. The cooks spent two nights throwing the scrub brushes at the rats to keep them fom getting the turkeys. Worked. We had a good Thaksgiving… Anyone who was on Okinawa at that time can tell you the size of the rats, like medium sized dogs… No cats on the rock, I guess the rats got them…
Semper Fi Marines
I wasn’t there in ‘62, but the rats were still huge in ‘65 when we got there! Semper Fi Marines!!
God Bless Them ALL …….. And SEMPER FI.
I was there at Camp McT in 76-77 and I never seen a rat just Gekos. J Smith 5831
Thank you for your service to our country and sharing the photo and reflections. An important historical record. A grateful nation never forgets.
I was there in 70 & 71 and at that time they didn’t look under fed to me. They were definitely some big rodents.
Semper Fi
On Okinawa in ‘55 we were hoping the Haboos’ would get them….in Korea that was one the greatest days we had. Hot chow!!
Fred Deater Bravo Co, 9th Marines
Camp Sukiran Okinawa, then to North Camp Fuji Japan, on Luzon Philippine Islands exercise then tents on Okinawa final three months. Dec 1956 to Feb 1958. Never saw a rat.
You were given metal trays to eat on, how lucky. We had cold turkey and trimmings in our mess kit. 1960.
Never saw rats but saw huge cockroaches in Kitamae, Koza (BC Street and Gate 2 Street)
Big humongous THANK YOU to the ones who paved the way and fellow brothers before me! Forever grateful, and humbled! Oki 95/96! Semper Fi! Still highly and truly….. y’all know!!!! Err!!! ???