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Remember That
Bill DeVille NHS class of 1971 once wrote, “I remember so much (when someone mentions it), but sometimes I can't remember places or names of events. Look at this list. Does it bring back memories? Here are some examples of things I can remember and some I can't.” Thanks to Bill, his thoughts help to start this section of the web site. Future updates of the web site will include more “words.” If you have “words” to add please send them to trumansolverud@sbcglobal.net.
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| A Free Polish and Buff
Acting in Japanese movies
Akadama Wine and Kiren Beer
Akihabara (sp?)
Angora sweaters at Seibu’s
Bonanza in Japanese on the TV
Buses, subways, and trains
Charcoal smoke
Cherry blossoms
“China Night / Shina No Yoru”
Department Stores
Earthquakes
Fireworks
Gingko trees
The Ginza
Gray Winter Days
Hakone
Having Dress Shoes Made
Having your Fuji stick branded at rest stops going up for 10 yen
Ichiban
Japanese Movie Theaters
Judo and Karate classes
Kimonos
Korakuen – baseball stadium – amusement park
Mickey Curtis
“Miss Bowl” in Downtown Narimasu
Mount Fuji
Neighborhood Names
Nikko
Pachinko Parlors
Piroshikis at Mano's
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Plastic Food Displays
Rainy Season
Samurai dramas on TV
Sanno Hotel Buffet
Sakura - the toy store just outside the main gate to Grant Heights
School kids in uniforms
The Smell of:
 Barbequed Squid or Octopus?
Yakatori
Honey Wagons
baked yams at Meiji Shrine
Sorobon
Sounds of the Night:
Geta
Soba Horn
Obon Festival
Sound of a Samisen
Sumo
Tabi
Tamadai Heights
60 and 70 yen cabs
The luxury of an 80 Yen taxi
Three wheelers
Toshima Amusement Park
Toy Store at GH N Avenue Gate
Trains and Subways
Ueno Park
Yomuri Giants with Sadaharo Oh and Shigeo Nashima
Yukata
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| American School in Japan – aka ASIJ
Crackerballs in the Hallway
Johnson High School
High School Games against YoHi, ASIJ, Zama
Yamato High School
YoHi
Zama High School
Sadie Hawkins Dance
Graduation and Baccalaureate at GH Chapel
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“Snowball” Christmas Formal
Junior Senior Prom
Bus rides: School and Back; After Practice, a Game, or a Dance
School Trips to Kyoto and Nara
Far East Basketball Tournaments
Playing Footbal in a Typhoon (63)
Teachers including - Dr. Hays, Ms. Alleman, Ms. Johnson & Ms. Leamer
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| Housing Areas
Camp Drew
Camp Drake
Grant Heights
Green Park
Hardy Barracks
Jefferson Heights
Johnson Air Base
Momote Village
Pershing Heights
Tachikawa Air Base
Washington Heights
Yokota Air Base
Bagging Groceries for Tips
Narimasu Road – GH’s Main Street
X-lots - Cheap Houses You Bought
Y-lots - Same, But at Other End of GH
GH Water Tower
Mom taking flower arranging, Ikebana, classes and origami lessons
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Snack Bar at GH
French fries with gravy at the GH snack bar
Swimming pool at GH / WH
Maids, House Boys and Seamstresses
25 Cent Haircut
Yakitori stand at GH theater
25 Cent Movie
Reconstituted Milk
Fresh Donuts at the GH Bakery
Tokyo USO
Teenagers on Parade on FEN
The Harlem Flower Blues Band
The Teen Club Club (wherever it was)
Dragon Inn Grant Heights
Washington Heights Dew Drop Inn
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| FEN / AFRTS
Ballroom Dance Classes
Interservice Sports
Tori Bowl, Sukyakii Bowl and Rice Bowl
Army Hotels– Gora, FujiView, Lake Chuzenji (Nikko), Lake Yamanaka
Lake Motosu Scout Camps
Camp Tama – Scout Camps
MPC – Military Payment Certificates
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Stars & Stripes Newspaper
Teenage Club
Brocade
Raw sik
Silk Dragon Jackets
Shuttle Buses
Fuji View Drive
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