Sunken Ship Found!

Hey Gang,
Big news on the island with the anniversary kicking up dust. It seems every few years the Kerama mystery ship makes an appearance in the news. Keep one eye on the below thread for interesting info about the topic. It’s possible that it’s the Hobbs Victory that I wrote about in the manuscript but you never know…

Mr. Cliff Stryker posted on the forum the other day, and he’s an old tunnel rat from the heyday of relic hunting. Check out the thread and chime in!

In reasearch news; I talked to Mr. William Sass the other day on the phone. He’s a veteran of the campaign and was with the Seabees during the battle. He’s helped out in regards to some of the Seabee photographs I’ve recently scanned into the site. Of particular note he mentioned how he was part of a three man cave detail assigned to coax die-hards and civilians out of the caves after the battle. He said that some things are just too difficult to describe and painful to remember. That being said; respect the ground you trend upon out in the field be it Okinawa or Gettysburg.
http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6757

Okinawarelics

Konnichi wa Okiphiles!
I figured I’d put some effort into being able to put out some disjointed ramblings about our favorite topic; Okinawa. Or relics, or maybe the war or some sort of mix of those and others. Anyway, I believe this website has been successful in regards of bringing such a very small niche of us together in one spot. I want to thank a few people who without their material, ideas and help I wound not have been able to put this site together. Ken Spink, Torii Station museum director who jumpstarted a dead website. My relic hunting pals, Dewayne Barth and Preston Brenchley who provided help and support from day one. David Davenport, for providing his expertise and assistance in this endeavor. Chris Majewski from the Okinawa battle museum for information and updates from the island.
To Dave Davenport aka Grandpa Rat for whom this hobby was a life’s passion. His tireless work of preserving and teaching about the sacrifices made by all combatants and innocents in that dark time in history will always be missed.