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larrymuse690

 
 mafia - 2008/03/13 13:39 are you saying that organized crime have taken the bar girls away from the MommaSans that the girls became indebted to? That's how it was when I was there in 61-63, mommasan would hire the girls to work in the bar and then after the girl got in debt to her ears, mommasan would make them turn tricks!
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dustymars

 
 Re:mafia - 2008/03/14 13:10 Many of the girls were sold, some at a very young age, to bars by famers who could not feed but so many mouths. I was there from 1960-1962 and grew up fast! :)
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rastamon

 
 Re:mafia - 2008/03/20 11:13 The "Mafia" was known as the Yakuza. I suspect a great many bar girls went into debt with the bar owners.
When I went to some clubs in Naminoue (1967-68)
I'd pay $1 for a drink, the bar girl would get half and the bar half. As far as I knew, they were free to leave-(at least one kind gal I knew).
She liked me, so she would leave the bar with me soon after I came in.
Doing that did not endear her to the owners though. I think she got into some big problems over that.
I lost contact and only found her with the help of the club "Barker" whom I'd befriended. He'd hang out in front of the club getting GI's to come in. One night he drove me into the suburbs of Naha to find her at her home (?). We finally located her at a hotel a few blocks west of Naminoue. Very sad & I was heartbroken! (hey, i wuz a young "Cherry boy" lol)

I can't say for sure what she was doing there but I'm pretty sure it was not voluntary.
I know the above is true -it's a memory I didn't repress.

Post edited by: rastamon, at: 2008/03/21 16:30 I was stationed in the Army at the 2nd Log Command (Machinato service area) 585th MaintCo, a few miles north of Naha on the west coast, from 3/67 to 10/67. To include 3 TDY trips with USARPAC Calibration Teams.
Contact me at cosmicharlie1@yahoo.com (Earl Boehm-alias "toshi")
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