Gates AN/MRT-5 equipment Being Readied For Deployment To Laos In 1958
From left: Antenna tuning hut, Studio Van and Transmitter Van with 1957 Chevy in Foreground.

 

Studio Van Control Room

 

Studio Tape Decks, Teletype and Hammerlund SP-600 Short Wave Receiver.
Editor's Note: Neither of our Newer Studio Vans in 1961-63 were equipped with RTTY or Shortwave Receiver.

 

Bruno Maselli in Teletype Hut 1958

 

Bruno Maselli Getting Ready To Load Leaflets into Marine Bell Helicopter for drop over Okinawa in 1958
Bell Helicopter and Larger Sikorsky used to drop magazines on other Ryukyu Islands

 

RTTY Field Unit At Yontan Airfield 1958
Abandoned Air Plane Shelter at Yontan Airfield

 

Location of Yontan Air Field at Red X. Note that Kadena is Below or South of This Location
   
Yontan Airfield at End of The War
Satllite Image Of Present Day Location of Yontan Airfield. The Road in Middle Of Image was built on the main runway.

 

Road Running down Center of Main Airstrip of Former Yontan AirField Looking North
Same View Looking South