VOLUME 50 NUMBER 36 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, JAPAN SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

Out with the old...Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

LANCE CPL. CRISTIN K. BARTTER

Combat Correspondent

As you all may already know, theTorii Teller, your devoted, weekly read-ing material, is bidding its last hand, asthis is the final hard-copy issue.

This newspaper will be our way ofhonoring the Torii Teller’s dedication tothe community providing information,laughs and smiles over the past 50 years.

No more will you have to deal withcrumpled and missing pages, or an oldedition. The new, and might we add im-proved, Torii Teller will be all electronic,updated daily with stories of news, fea-tures and sports events. Just by theclick of your mouse yourself, familyback in the States and friends in differ-ent countries can check out what is go-ing on here, in Iwakuni.

Torii Teller turns final page, transitions to InternetNow, let’s take a walk through the

past and see how the Torii Teller hasevolved over time, taking its many stepsinto the future.

Back in the 1950’s, when the PinkLadies and Thunderbirds were ever sopopular, the Torii Teller was a magazine.During this time there were no comput-ers or amazing machines that wouldcopy a paper with the push of a button.There were diligent Japanese employ-ees, who had no comprehension of theEnglish language, picking individual let-ters from a box and placing them in theirproper order to form words.

Once a page was complete, a com-bat correspondent would go throughthe galley and proof read it. Each galley

LOCALNixon surprises IwakuniAPRIL 17, 1964 EDITION

Former vice president Richard Nixon paid a sur-prise visit to MCAS Iwakuni Sunday morning. He ar-rived unannounced for an All-Nippon Airways planeflight out of here direct to Tokyo.

A motorcade of approximately 15 cars convergedon the main gate shortly before 10 a.m. Sunday. It waspresumed he came here directly from Hiroshima, whereearlier he had cut a ribbon to mark the formal openingof a soft drink bottling plant.

The previous day, Saturday, he had laid a wreathat the Hiroshima Peace Memorial with the skeletonruined dome of the old industrial exhibition building inthe background. He had been ushered up the walkthrough lines of 100 blue-uniformed soft drink plantworkers to the three-step approach to the memorial.

Nixon was on a 24-day tour of the Far East, six ofthese spent in Japan. Following his observation ofconditions in Vietnam, he had announced that heplanned to address the American Society of Newspa-per Editors on April 18 on the subject of Vietnam.

A mixed crowd of Americans and Japanese sawhim off on the All-Nippon Airways ramp at 11:30 a.m.Sunday.

Official USMC photo

Richard Nixon prepares to leave Iwakuni ona flight to Tokyo.

Japanese Tobacco LawsTobacco laws of the Japanese government pro-

hibit the resale, trade or bargaining of tax-exempt to-bacco products in Japan.

Violators of these laws can be tried and punishedby the Japanese government with imprisonment at hardlabor for not more than three years, fined up to 30,000yen, or both. This penalty applies to members of theU.S. Armed Forces as well as to Japanese nationals.

The Japanese Tobacco Industry is a monopolyenterprise of the Japanese government and has animportant role in the national finance. Any hindranceto the enterprise would upset the planning of Japan’sfiscal program. The illegal purchase of tax-exempt to-

bacco products at military exchanges and the purchaseof these products for bargaining or trading is strictlyprohibited.

Servicemen should give full cooperation to the Japa-nese government by adherence to the agreements madebetween the Japan Tobacco Monopoly and the U.S.Forces in Japan. American cigarettes and tobacco maybe removed from the Station, subject to these limita-tions: two packages of cigarettes, eight cigars and onepackage of pipe tobacco daily, when on authorizedliberty. If servicemen are on authorized leave they maytake with them these quantities, multiplied by the num-ber of days for which the leave is granted. Personsauthorized to live off-Station may take ashore thosequantities, which they are authorized to purchase. Onlythose authorized to live ashore and those on autho-rized leave may leave tobacco products in rented roomsand quarters off-Station.

It has recently come to the attention of FEN au-thorities that local duffers are climbing the fencearound the radio antenna on the sixth fairway of thegolf course to retrieve golf balls.

According to the FEN NCOIC GySgt. Robert Blum,the antenna emits more than 10,000 volts of electricityand parts of the tower at ground level are capable ofgiving a third degree burn at six feet. The fence isthere to prevent this from happening.

Local golfers are asked to use a marked ball on thesixth hole. Balls landing inside the fence will be pickedup daily and returned to the club house by FEN em-ployees or staff. Golfers may claim their balls at theclub house.

Don’t!

see TORII TELLER Page 11

Official USMC photo

October 2, 1961 Edition: On its sixth anniversary, the Torii Teller stafflooks back over conversions initiated for the interest of its readersand to keep in stride with the changes of time. Initially, mimeographedsheet with magazine type cover (right), the Torii was redesigned asa five column tabloid, (center) in 1956. The center design includedmatching covers and center spreads which was effected in 1960.

PAGE 2 OPINIONTORII TELLER, S EPTEMBER 30, 2005

A tribute to Ernie Pyle WWII Combat Correspondent

Commanding OfficerCol. Michael A. Dyer

Public Affairs OfficerMaj. Stewart T. Upton

Public Affairs ChiefMaster Sgt. Lesli J. Coakley

Press ChiefSgt. David J. Hercher

Operations ChiefLance Cpl. Mark Fayloga

Combat CorrespondentsLance Cpl. Cristin K. Bartter

Lance Cpl. Lukas J. BlomLance Cpl. Lendus B. CaseyLance Cpl. John S. Rafoss

Information/EditorialSpecialist

Yukiko Mitsui

“This weekly newspaper is an au-thorized publication for members ofthe military services stationed over-seas and their families. Its contentsdo not necessarily reflect the officialviews of the U.S. Government, theDepartment of Defense or the U.S.Marine Corps, and does not imply en-dorsement thereof.”

Editorial content is edited, pre-pared and provided by the Public Af-fairs Office of Marine Corps Air Sta-tion Iwakuni, Japan.

All queries concerning news andeditorial content should be directed tothe Public Affairs Office, Building One,Room 216, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.Call 253-5551.

PSC 561 Box 1868FPO AP 96310-0029

Phone 253-5551Fax 253-5554

The Torii Teller welcomes Letterto the Editor submissions. Lettersmust include a full name and unit,if applicable. Anonymous lettersand comments will not be pub-lished. Letters are the opinion ofthe writer only. Submissions canbe edited for clarity and space. Let-ters can be dropped off at the PublicAffairs Office or sent via e-mailto hercherdj@ iwakuni.usmc.milor coakleylj@iwakuni.usmc.mil.

JANUARY 24, 1966 EDITION

Recently, a Congressional delegation visiting over-seas reported that some U.S. service personnel werebeing charged exorbitant rates on loans for the pur-chase of automobiles and other items. The Congress-man hope to do something to protect these service-men.

Protection by law from less than fair business prac-tices is a good and necessary thing: however, the realresponsibility of protecting a serviceman or civilianlies with the individual.

In every business transaction there is some formof a contract, usually written. In the case of a loan theborrower aggress to pay back the debt with a certainpercent of interest. Sometimes, particularly for youngermen and women, the shine of a new car or some otheritem can be almost blinding. It can cause them toscribble a signature on the bottom of a contract with-out understanding just what the terms of that contractentail. The Congressional group reported one casewhere a serviceman was paying interest on automo-bile financing which ran up to 65 per cent.

Always read the contract. Take time out to figurejust how much interest you will be paying. If you don’tfeel you have enough experience to follow all the in’sand out’s of the fine print, get an authoritative expla-nation. Never depend on “what the salesman said,”and never sign a contract you don’t understand.

Look hard before signing

JULY 2, 1962 EDITION

The Japanese government is fighting the “abomi-nable” Western habit of tipping.

“Occupation personnel and other foreignersbrought this bad habit to Japan along with their dol-lars,” a memorandum to hotels, restaurants and otherpublic activities stated.

“The idea of rewarding someone for a menial ser-vice with a small amount of cash is a legacy of feudal-ism,” said a major Japanese newspaper, taking up thegovernment’s cudgel.

In Japan, the tip is included in the bill. Thegovernment’s “shame tactic” isn’t given much of achance. Japanese service personnel have become ac-customed to tipping and affluent Japanese use it as astatus symbol.

Thumbs down ontipping is Japan’s policy

short-sleeve shirts were authorized only at activitieswithin the southern part of the United States.

But a spokesman said that it still hadn’t been de-cided whether Leathernecks stationed at Marine CorpsHeadquarters here could also wear the short-sleeveshirts.

It said that they may be worn with the summer ser-vice duty uniform, and that they could be worn whilegoing to and from work. The order said the short-sleeveshirts cannot be worn at public ceremonies, at formalor semi-formal social events, on leave or liberty.

Recruiters may wear them within the recruiting of-fice, the order said. Marines can wear short-sleeveshirts made of Dacron and wool, or Dacron and cot-ton, the order said. But they are not to wear shirtswhose sleeves have been cut to quarter length.

Such shirts, the order said, “Are not suitable.”

APRIL 17, 1964 EDITION

Not too many of us in Marine ranksremember Ernie Pyle.

Of the few who do, some of us willrecall him personally and vividly. Wemight not recall that nineteen years agotomorrow he was snuffed by a sniper’sbullet, but on mention of the fact, couldquickly recollect that it occurred on theisland of Iwo Jima in the Ryukus. Theexact date was April 18, 1945.

Ernie figuratively died in the saddlewith his boots on. He was out gather-ing “grass roots” copy for his veryearthy daily column.

To a large number of us who canrecall this small man, the name Ernie Pylewas a symbol. This war correspondentbypassed the major war news for thehuman-interest side that developed inthe ranks, behind the lonely gun snoutpoked daringly into the dark toward theunknown.

It’s not likely that a former fieldgrade Marine officer nicknamed “Red”might still be around to recall how heand a couple others kept jawing withErnie throughout the evening when hestopped by their detachment headquar-ters in Britain. Or how Ernie stayed onhis feet until around 4 am, sipping hisrefreshment off the mantle over the fire-

place.It is much more likely that there are

still a few of the enlisteds from that de-tachment who had invited Ernie to jointhem at 5:30 that same “am” for a picnic– and found him toeing the mark de-spite his all-night bout with the offic-ers.

Short in physique, but tall in stat-ure; this man’s syndicated writings werepopular long before World War II broke.He was a real human-interest, andsearching out the warm, human side ofthe news first on the face of Americaand then abroad. Germany’s bombard-ment of England tore him up, and hiscopy showed it.

Upon our entry into the war, he hadto be there on the scene with the Ameri-can lads: Africa, Sicily, Italy, France –all were settings to find out and reporton how Joe Spedunk from Four Corners,Texas, or Al Pavolowski from New YorkCity were doing.

Of this, one certain Marine was wellaware. His father, an ex-newspapermanin peacetime, had held up Ernie’s col-umns as an outstanding example of jour-nalistic simplicity.

During the war, the father kept asteady flow of Pyle’s columns – clippedfrom a Pittsburgh paper – going to his

son in the Pacific. These were sharedwith the troopers around him.

Thanks to his Dad’s interest and en-couragement, long before the youngman had become a Marine he hadstarted writing to Ernie Pyle. Surpris-ingly enough, the letters were answered.

When this young fellow shared withErnie a longing to get into newspaperwork, he was surprised to get a longdistance call from Ernie around midnightone Saturday night. The quiet voice atthe other end of the line told him to con-tact, in person, a certain Pittsburgh cityeditor who had been appraised of thejournalistic desire.

So as the Ernie Pyle clippings flowedinto his hands, later, in the Pacific, andthe young Marine recalled this greatpersonal gesture on the part of the col-umnist, he heeded the urgings of hisfellow-troopers: Write to Pyle and askhim to cover the war on this side of theworld! The letter was answered, withassurance that Pyle would be out thatway eventually. However, in light ofwhat transpired – when in a moment ofno action on Iwo Jima, Pyle was struckdown as he was getting out of a jeep onApril 18, 1945 – this, to me, brings homea great feeling of guilt. I am sorry I everwrote the letter.

GOIKEN DOZO!!October 24, 1964 Edition: What do you think of the physical qualities of young men entering the Corps today

as compared to those who enlisted during World War II?

“I believe the majority of theyoung men entering theMarine Corps today are equal,physically, to the men enteringthe Marine Corps during WorldWar II. I also believe, however,that parents could improvethis situation by taking awaythe teenagers car and bus fare,and let him walk more.”

“I think that the physicalqualities of the young manentering the Marine Corpstoday are far below those ofthe men who enlisted 15 yearsago. This may be due to all themodern day conveniencesavailable. I think we shouldwalk more and ride less.”

“I don’t’ believe there is anybasic difference. We all can getin shape when the chips aredown, as this point has provenin the past. Also the averageyoung man these days has hadthe benefit of modern daymedicine to overcome thevarious health racking diseasesthat take such a toll on physicaldevelopment.”

“In my opinion the personnelentering the Marine Corps 16to 18 years ago were in betterphysical condition than theyoung men entering the Corpstoday. I believe that this is dueto the easy living of youngpeople today as contrasted tothe hard working youth ofyesteryear who either rodebicycles or walked to hisdestination.”

1stSgt.BernardHurley,H&HS-17

SgtMaj.John Pierce,VMR-253

SgtMaj.Robert Gary,VMA-212

SgtMajGeorge Huly,MABS-17

What do you think of the physical qualities of young men and women entering the Corps today as compared tothose who enlisted 20 years ago?

“If you omit the MCMAPtraining and focus on ourbasic requirement concerningthe PFT, I believe the qualitywas better in 1985! Of coursewe had the kip and the regularsit-ups, allowing us to havehigher scores and notaccepting smaller scores.Aside from the PFT, theyoung Marines of today aremore extreme than timespast. Making them morephysically diverse.”

“The Marines 20 years agowere not into video gamesand computers. We playedoutside more and were moreactive.”

“Its about the same for themales, however the femaleshave become stronger becauseof the change in the physicalfitness test.”

“The physical conditioning ofyoung Americans is a lot worsecompared to 20 years ago. Inhigh school, nowadays,physical training is an option.However, they are smarter andspend more time withcomputers.

SgtMaj.DevellDurham,MALS-12

SgtMaj.Jerry L.Bailey,H&HS

MSgt.RodneyHodges,MWSS-171

MSgt.Thomas C.Poston,MALS-12

AROUND THE CORPS PAGE 3TORII TELLER, S EPTEMBER 30, 2005

APRIL 2, 1962 EDITION

Speed limits in most areas aboard the Facility havebeen raised to 20 mph.

Capt. Ernest Henry, provost marshal, announcedthat effective last week speed limits have been raisedto a standard 20 mph throughout the base to eliminatemotorist confusion formerly caused by varying speedzones.

20 mph limit now in effect

JUNE 6, 1960 EDITION

Leathernecks are going to find the hot summer dayscoming up to be a bit cooler than they were last year.

The Marine Corps has just authorized its men towear the short-sleeve Khaki shirt at its activities allover the world.

Until the new order (1020.29) was published, the

Marine short-sleeve shirtok for world-wide wear

1964 Proposed Pay Scales

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1st MAW goes to the fieldMAY 20, 1964 EDITION

Official USMC photo

Troops practice net drill aboard ship.Official USMC photo

Wing ’copters give Division a helping hand.

Official USMC photo

Pallet is harnessed for a lift to the landing zone.

Official USMC photo

A cloud of dust was a permanent feature.

Official USMC photo

Galley goes up overnight.

Official USMC photo

Concertina wire is unloaded.

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The first night ashore.

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Into an LCU for trip ashore.

They’re Finally Here!MARCH 27, 1967 EDITION

Official USMC photo

The Station welcomes six women Marines.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The onlyMarine member of America’s selectgroup of astronauts has been named bythe National Aeronautics Space Admin-istration (NASA)as the prime astro-naut chosen toride this country’sfirst manned flightinto orbit.

The 40-year-old veteran Ma-rine aviator, Lieu-tenant ColonelJohn H. Glenn, Jr.,vowed he was“ready to go now”when he learned ofhis selection.NASA officialsstated he wouldhave to wait, how-ever, until scien-tists solve thetroubles that caused the premature endof an attempt to hurt a chimpanzee threetimes around earth and other recent dif-ficulties encountered.

The chimp traveled over 56,000 milesin three hours and twenty-one minutes.Top speed during the flight was givenas 17,500 miles per hour.

Astronaut Glenn is one of seven

Lt. Col. J. Glenn ready after selection

The first enlisted WomanMarines assigned to serve inJapan arrived at MCAS IwakuniThursday to increase the AirStation’s feminine strength toseven.

The six ladies are joiningCapt. Marilyn E. Wallace, Sta-tion Disbursing Officer, whowas the first lady Marineaboard the station. She arrivedin October 1966.

Col. W.M. Lundin, StationCO; LtCol. R. W. Taylor, StationExO; the Station Sergeant Ma-jor, J. F. Moore; and H&HS FirstSergeant K. L. Ford were onhand to form the official greet-ing party.

The newcomers are:GySgt. Frances J. Fisher of

Lebanon, Ohio, who came fromMCB Camp Lejeune and willreport to Station Communica-tions. SSgt. Carmen Adams ofSand Diego, Calif., reports fromMCAS El Toro and will work inStation Supply. SSgt. Mary LMcLain of Berlin, N. H., camefrom MCRD Parris Island andwill also go to Station Supplyalong with Sgt. Elva M. Pound-ers of Akron, Ohio, who re-ported form MCR San Diego.Sgt. Patricia Malnar of Wichita,Kan., came aboard following

duties at Headquarters MarineCorps and will serve with theStation’s new Data ProcessingInstallation. Sgt. Donna K.Duncan, Lexington, Ky., camefrom MCRD San Diego and willserve with H&HS.

Maj. Jane Wallis and GySgt.H. A. Dowd of Camp Butler,Okinawa, joined Capt. Wallaceto escort the new Women Ma-rines from Tachikawa Air ForceBase to Iwakuni. Maj. Wallis isthe senior Woman Marine inthe Far East.

Shortly after their arrival, thenewcomers received a tour ofthe station, thorough briefingson customs, laws, Japanese re-ligions and other subjects thatwere designed to inform andmake their tour here more en-joyable.

Although Women Marineshave been in existence for 24years, serving overseas is acomparatively new experiencefor them. Okinawa has 49 WM’sserving there, including twoofficers and 23 enlisted ladiesat Futenma and two officers and22 enlisted at Camp Butler.

And what was the initial re-action to Iwakuni by the new-comers? They unanimouslyagreed – “We’re glad to beaboard!”

DECEMBER 11, 1961 EDITION original Project Mercury astronauts, allvolunteers, who were selected in early1959 from a group of 110 leading mili-tary test pilots.

He has been undergoing intensespace flight trainingsince reporting forduty with the spaceproject.

Navy Com-mander M. ScottCarpenter has beennamed as thebackup astronautfor LtCol. Glenn’sflight.

LtCol. Glenn is aveteran of aerialcombat in bothWorld War II andthe Korean conflict.

He has a total of149 combat flyingmissions to hiscredit, 7 of which

were flown as an exchange pilot withthe Fifth Air Force in Korea. During thelatter tour he downed three MIG’s in a9-day period.

He entered the Marine Corps in 1942and earned his “wings” in March 1943.His decorations include five Distin-guished Flying Crosses and 18 Air Med-als.

Official USMC photo

Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr.

Official USMC photo

A patron uses the new banking machine. The American Ex-press Banking facility here, introduced a new service Tuesday,an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). The ATM, located at theMain Gate, will allow account-holders to make deposits and with-drawals with both checking and savings accounts 24 hours aday. It will also sell yen. American Express account holders whowish to utilize this service are requested to come by the mainbank to pick up an application for the issuance of an ATM card,which is required in order to transact business on the machine.

Station’s first Automated Teller MachineJUNE 24, 1983 EDITION

2005

2005

Exercise Bulldozer

Mt. Fuji

THE BEST PICTURES OF THE YEARTHE BEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR

Mt. Fuji

Exercise Dragon’s Fire

Friendship Day

Lance Cpl. Lukas J. Blom

Lance Cpl. Lukas J. Blom

Lance Cpl. Cristin K. Bartter

Lance Cpl. Cristin K. Bartter

Lance Cpl. Mark Fayloga

PAGE 8 CULTURE FEATURETORII TELLER, S EPTEMBER 30, 2005 FEATURE PAGE 9TORII TELLER, S EPTEMBER 30, 2005

A CAMERA’S FESTIVALMARCH 27, 1967 EDITION

A good photographer frames hisworld in a lens. He feels a need to cap-ture events and impressions, dramati-cally and artistically. With a picture hewants to tell a story. It could be tragedy,of beauty or of laughter. With his cam-era he editorializes, attempting to con-vey his feelings with the expression ofreality.

Cpl. Leonard Dixon is a good pho-tographer. He took the pictures on thispage. They are of the sixth annualIwakuni Castle Festival, which took placeSaturday and Sunday, March 18 and 19.

It was also the third year Marinesand Sailors from the air station had beeninvited to participate.

Seven of them marched as SamuraiWarriors in the parade that started Sun-day noon from Iwakuni ElementarySchool, wound through town and aftercrossing Kintai Bridge, finished up inKikko Park.

Three Marines and two Sailors fromthe station wrestled against Japaneseteams in the Sumo matches held just af-ter the parade. Divided into two teams,they finished third and fifth overall.

Dixon’s camera recorded all of it.A day earlier, he took pictures of the

Shinto gratification ceremony, at whichCol. W.M. Lundin, Station CO, was aguest.

These pictures are just representa-tive of the several rolls Dixon expended.They were difficult to choose becausethere were so many good ones, and notenough space.

Official USMC photo

THE LADIESThe camera captures tradition.

Official USMC photo

WARRIOR BOSSOnce it was for real.

Official USMC photo

SHINTO CEREMONYCol. W. M. Lundin was a guest.

Official USMC photo

SEVEN SAMURAILt. Ed Maslyk was the honcho; SSgt. E.J. Pritchard had to wear his own big shoes.

Official USMC photo

SUMOSgt. J.R. Zoromiski was one of five.

Official USMC photo

DR. H.E. HAGGLUNDA big butterfly taking off?

TORII TELLER GOES TO PRESSJANUARY 25, 1963 EDITION

The clank of presses, the smell of printer’s inkand the clink of lead are familiar sounds in anynewspaper plant. These are the sounds that areheard every Wednesday and Thursday at theSanyo Printing Company, Ltd., of Iwakuni, as an-other edition of the Torii Teller goes to press.

Actual work on the Torii began the precedingFriday when SSgt. Earl H. Kochmann, Torii editor,the Torii Teller staff and the press section beganproducing stories, or “copy,” to fill the 10-pagepaper. As stories are finished, they are picked upby Megumu Tashima, director of the Sanyo Com-pany, and taken to the plant.

Here, the stories are set by picking individualletters from a box and placing them in the properorder to form words. Typesetting is done by fourJapanese who have no comprehension of the En-glish language. They set the type by letter asso-ciation alone, never understanding a word or sen-tence they build. When the stories are set in type,a proof, or a galley, is taken.

These proofs are waiting for the Torii TellerStaff who go to the Sanyo plant on Wednesdayfor the actual assembly of the Torii. The proofsfrom stories for a certain page are pasted to a make-up “dummy” sheet and the “dummy” page is sentto the “make-up” men who put each story in itsproper place on the page. A proof of the entirepage is taken and the tedious and painstaking jobof proofreading begins.

It is not unusual to find more than seventy-

five errors on a first proof, with letters missing,upsidedown, paragraphs in the wrong spot, andcomplete sentences missing being common errors.

After a page has been proofed, it is sent backto the typesetters who make the corrections andanother proof is taken.

This process is repeated until WO T. W. Turner,Officer-in-Charge, is satisfied there are no moreerrors on the page, usually requiring at least fourproofs. Proof reading the 10 pages of the Torii takesthe entire day. During the afternoon, the color forthe cover is decided upon and the covers run off,utilizing a photo offset process.

Early Thursday morning, the pages are set to-gether and a “pageproof” is taken of the eight pagesmaking up the body of the paper and the two pagesprinted on the inside of the covers.

These are given a final proofreading by SSgt.Kochmann and LCpl. Vince Beasley, sports editor,and the paper is ready for the presses. It takesapproximately three hours to make the two requiredpress runs for the 3,000 issues.

With the printing completed, the papers arefolded by hand, inserted into the covers andstapled together. The edges are trimmed and thepapers counted, bundled and labeled for each or-ganization on the distribution list.

Friday morning, the finished product is pickedup and delivered for distribution to the readersand work begins on the following week’s issue in anever-ending cycle to keep the servicemen atMCAS well informed.

Official USMC photo

HAND-SET TYPE

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TORII GOES TO PRESS

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COVERS FOLDED

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SPORTS “ED” PROOFS GALLEY

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PUTTING THE TORII TOGETHER

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READY FOR PACKING

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FINAL CHECK

PAGE 10 TRANSLATIONTORII TELLER, S EPTEMBER 30, 2005 SPORTS PAGE 11TORII TELLER, S EPTEMBER 30, 2005

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Lance Cpl. Mark Fayloga

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TORII TELLER from Page 1would usually have more than 75 errorson it. This was the tedious weekly pro-cess that it took to keep the Station resi-dents informed.

Outside of the Torii Teller office atthat time, Marine Corps Air StationIwakuni was the Station that harboredUnited Nations forces at the start of theKorean Conflict. Because of Iwakuni’stactical proximity, it allowed UN pilotsthe opportunity to fly on a daily basisin support of the leading edge troopsin Korea. Iwakuni was deemed the“Gateway to Korea.”

April 1, 1952, MCAS Iwakuni was

actually U.S. Air Force Base Iwakuni. Afew months later the torch was passedon to the U.S. Navy, which cleared theway for the First Marine Aircraft Wingheadquarters. In the midst of Iwakuni’stransitions, America shifted as well. Inthe early 50’s, men were the breadwin-ners and women, who attended “Civicsclasses” to learn how to be proper, werethe housewives. Most agreed right fromwrong, there were no shades of gray;everything was black and white. Oncethe Elvis Presley’s rock n’ roll era tookover in the mid to late 50’s, children hadvoices, the fashion was drastic and themusic and hairstyles were all that mat-

tered. Kids would go to drive-in moviedates and play backseat bingo (neck-ing in the back seat of a car), or go to ahigh school dance to do the mashedpotato, twist and the pony. In 1956 thecost of a coke was 10 cents and a gal-lon of gas was 23 cents. The averageincome for a four-person family was$5,319. Ten years later, in 1962, the 1,400-acre Air Station was named MCASIwakuni. The Torii Teller, still a maga-zine, followed up on the Vietnam Warmaking sure to give Station residentsup-to-date information. This was alsothe decade when female Marines firststepped foot on the Station.

As time went on, the Torii Teller re-mained a magazine until July 7, 2000,when it morphed into a newspaper.

For the past five years Station resi-dents have used the weekly newspaperas their way of getting the inside scoopof past, current and future events. It hasbeen our goal, as combat correspon-dents, to provide you, the readers, im-portant information. With the Torii Tellermoving into the future of digital news,we hope the transition will be smoothand easy. Bear with us as we get ourWeb site updated. We all thank you forall of the support you have provided usthroughout the years.

Sayonara Iwakuni!Well, this is it - our last edition of the Torii Teller. Wehope all of you enjoyed it as much as we have. Ithas been our pleasure to provide you with the newsand information from around Iwakuni. But perhaps“Sayonara” is a bit misleading since it has theprecise flavour of good-bye, indicating that wewon’t be returning for quite some time. On thecontrary, we invite you to take a stroll through ourWeb site for the latest news, features, sports,classifieds and other news-worthy happenings fromaround Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. Be sureand stop by for a visit at ...

www.iwakuni.usmc.mil

freshAstart...AA fresh fresh

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Sgt. Anthony J. Adamson

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