Okinawa Reunion messages submitted in year 2000.
Have you lost touch with a friend in Okinawa? Maybe you’re looking to make contact with a long, lost love of years ago. Okinawa.com wants to help you make an "Okinawan Reunion" happen.
If your name is listed here or have any information regarding the people posted here, please e-mail the inquirer directly. Nifee deebiru!
Entries are listed in chronological order of the date received for posting. .The entries on this page were submitted in 2000.
Mina Thomas
Name of the person you wish to locate: Mina Thomas
Relationship: Natsukashii Good Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1963-1973
Location: Naha Port
Your Name: Judy Kruse
Your E-mail: mustangs5@earthlink.com
Additional Comments: I would love to hear from you and talk about our school days and how we enjoyed going out together. Waiting to talk to you soon!
Date: 08.20.2000
Howard Roberson III and Jay Foster
Name of the person you wish to locate: Howard Roberson III (ROLO)
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1996-1997
Location: FUTENMA—Ist STINGER BATTERY
Your Name: Jason DION Gregory and COCO Gregory
Your E-mail: cedric@lawtonnet.net
Additional Comments: HOPEFULLY ONE OF YA’LL GET THIS. IN TIME MAYBE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HIT UP ONE OF THEM "GOOD OL THANGS"
Date: 08.20.2000
Sumiko Nakada
Name of person you wish to locate: Sumiko Nakada
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1965-1966
Village of origin: Futema
Location: Futema
Your Name: Jim Dryden
Your E-mail: dryhome@kansas.net
Additional Contact Info: E-mail for additional contact info.
Additional Comments: Would like to share stories of last 35 years.
Date: 08.20.2000
Masataku Yabiku Sensei
Name of the person you wish to locate: Yabiku Masakatsu Sensei
Relationship: Yaezan Yabikuryu Karatedo Kyokai/Shinken Yaezan Kenpo Odokai
Village of origin: Yaezan Ishigaki shi Aza Shinkawa
Location: Yaezan Ishigaki shi Aza Shinkawa
Your Name: Ron Goninan
Your E-mail: butoryu@globalfreeway.com.au
Additional Comments: I am seeking to contact Yabiku Masakatsu Sensei regarding information about possible affiliation to his style and school.
Date: 08.20.2000
Katsuo Kishimoto
Name of the person you wish to locate: Katsuo Kishimoto
Relationship: Student of Yabiku Takaya Sensei
Village of origin: Naha City possibly Nagata area
Your Name: Ron Goninan
Your E-mail: butoryu@globalfreeway.com.au
Additional Comments: Seeking to link up with Mr. Kishimoto and would greatly appreciate any and all information.
Date: 08.20.2000
Yoshiaka Kojo
Name of the person you wish to locate: Mr. Yoshiaka Kojo
Relationship: Teacher of Hakutsuruken (White Crane-Fist)
Your Name: Ron Goninan
Your E-mail: butoryu@globalfreeway.com.au
Additional Comments: I am seeking to discover any information about this individual, photo’s, relatives … in fact anything at all. Please help!
Date: 08.20.2000
Wong O’gan Pyon (Charlie Wong)
Name of the person you wish to locate: Wong O’gan Pyon (Charlie Wong)
Relationship: Teacher of Hakutsuruken (White Crane-Fist) & Clothes Tailor
Location: Futenma and or Yasunoshi
Location: Owned a Tailor or Clothes Shop located near the Futenma Marine Base Gate
Your Name: Ron Goninan
Your E-mail: butoryu@globalfreeway.com.au
Additional Comments: I am seeking to discover any information about Wong O’gan Pyon, photos, relatives … in fact anything at all. Please help!
Date: 08.20.2000
Kristen Teubert
Name of the person you wish to locate: Kristen Teubert
Relationship: Friends
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: Since my 1990
Your Name: Julia Gregory
Your E-mail: nusoga@hotmail.com
Additional Contact Info: PSC 80 box 22127 APO AP 96367
Additional Comments: Hey Kristen, I’ve been reminiscing of my fun times in high school and the "vacant houses" on Kishaba. Please contact me ASAP! Miss you!
Date: 08.20.2000
Gary Troemner
Name of the person you wish to locate: Gary Troemner
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1974-1993
Location: Yonagusuku
Your Name: Rod Butler
Your E-mail: rodmiata@aol.com
Date: 08.20.2000
Ya-Ling Lai
Name of the person you wish to locate: Ya-ling Lai
Relationship: Old friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1971-1973
Village of origin: Tsuboya
Location: Naha
Your Name: Paul Murphy
Your E-mail: pmurphy817@aol.com
Personal Homepages: http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/tadaaa/murphy and http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/taadaaa/index.html
Additional Comments: Ya-ling and I were great friends- met in front of Mitsukoshi Department Store in 1971. I’d just like to know if she is doing alright. I am a teacher and visited Okinawa in June 2000. My photographs are on the websites included. When I was there this summer I looked for her but never saw her. I hope life has been good to her! Mine has been great.
Date: 08.20.2000
Junko Kuniyoshi
Name of the person you wish to locate: Junko Kuniyoshi
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1986-1987
Your Name: Oscar A. Hayes
Your E-mail: ohayes@rush.edu
Additional Contact Info: 773-251-4438 USA
Date: 08.20.2000
Keith and Ecko Tuten
Name of the person you wish to locate: Keith and Ecko Tuten
Relationship: Friends
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1989-92
Village of origin: Naha
Your Name: Shannon and Kaori Smith
Your E-mail: smifenuf2@yahoo.com
Personal Homepage: http://www.rollingstone.tunes.com/bands/smith_shannon
Additional Comments: I lost your address a few years ago and then you sent me a card with the baby (wow-great!) photo but the envelope (with your new address?) was thrown away. I miss you! Keith you were a wonderful friend.
Date: 08.20.2000
Vincent Kea
Name of the person you wish to locate: Vincent Kea
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1974 and 1975
Location: K-9 and Kubasaki High School
Your Name: Dan Montoya
Your E-mail: bottleline@aol.com
Additional Comments: Vincent, trying to locate family in Okinawa and Hawaii.
Date: 08.20.2000
Jumni Hazlebaker
Name of the person you wish to locate: Jumni Hazlebaker
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 90-91
Location: Okinawa City
Your Name: Olivia Rayno
Your E-mail: livia_rayno@yahoo.com
Additional Comments: Jumni was a great friend of mine from neighborhood school in Okinawa City back in 1990-92. I was to locate her or find out how she is doing if anyone has info please e-mail me.
Date: 08.20.2000
Mitsu Nakahamason
Name of the person you wish to locate: Mitsu Nakahamason
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1961-1963
Location: Camp Kue
Your Name: Robert M. Dennison
Your E-mail: BOBDENNI@aol.com
Additional Comments: I worked with Mitsu at Camp Kue Hospital. I would like to hear from her. Thanks. I’d like to see Okinawa again also.
Date: 07.16.2000
Miyagi Family
Name of the person you wish to locate: Miyagi Family
Relationship: Family (maternal side)
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: Never met… yet!
Location: Naha (& Nago ?) area
Your Name: Angela Bruno (Yoko’s daughter)
Your E-mail: loki34243@aol.com
Additional Comments: I am searching for relatives of my mother, Yoko Bruno (maiden name Miyagi). I am also looking for her mother, but am unsure of how to spell her name. Here’s my best guess: Natsuko Miyahira.
Date: 07.10.2000
Robert Watson
Name of the person you wish to locate: Robert Watson
Relationship: Best Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1997-1999
Location: Kadena AFB
Your Name: Eri Nagamine Rule
Your E-mail: joshuaeri@prodigy.net
Personal Homepage: http://communities.msn.com/williamrule
Additional Contact Information: 808-282-0896 cell
Additional Comments: Please contact me.
Date: 07.09.2000
Mika Livingston
Name of the person you wish to locate: Mika Livingston
Relationship: Former classmate
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1981-1987
Location: CKIS
Your Name: Michelle McDonough
Your E-mail: Peppermint_Patty94@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: I want to find her for my friend who was also in CKIS with me… She would really like to find Mika.
Date: 07.09.2000
Leforn Fluker
Name of the person you wish to locate: Leforn Fluker
Relationship: 18th EMS Age co-worker
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1979-1983
Location: 18 EMS Age Shop
Your Name: Usaf Ret/DAV Tsgt Arthur L. Davis Jr.
Your E-mail: jahgriot@pobox.com
Personal Homepage: http://www.freeyellow.com/members8/IAR/index.html
Additional Contact Information: 302-762-9719
Date: 07.09.2000
Arisa Hirae
Name of the person you wish to locate: Arisa Hirae
Relationship: Daughter
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1977-1980
Location: Gushikawashi Agena
Your Name: Denise Hirae
Your E-mail: denisehirae@hotmail.com
Additional Contact Information: (252) 244-0955
Additional Comments: Was once married to Toshimitsu Hirae in 1977. I left him in 1980. He would not let me bring my daughter back with me, so I’m trying to find her. Her grandmother’s name is Kiku Hirae, she used to run a bar in Agena. Arisa’s aunt’s name is Tsugumi Nakasone who is married to Misao Nakasone. They have 3 kids named Takashi, Miyuki, the youngest son don’t know his name. Both of my kids were born in a hospital in Tairagawa city. My son’s name is Toshiaki Hirae. I brought my son back with me, but couldn’t bring Arisa. Arisa is now 22 years old. Her birthday is 1/11/78. Toshiaki’s is 2/18/79.
Date: 06.25.2000
Michiko Shirley
Name of person you wish to locate: Michiko Shirley
Relationship: Mother’s friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: late ’60’s and early ’70’s
Your Name: Joyce Joczik Flowers
Your E-mail: jkf1992@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: My parents, Kiyo and Robert Joczik, were friends with Michiko and Robert Shirley. Robert Shirley was in the Navy and they had two sons, Bobby and Neal, who are probably in their 30’s now. My mother recently returned to Okinawa and learned from relatives that Mrs. Shirley stops by when she comes to Okinawa and make inquiries of my mother. If you know her or have any information please contact me. My mother would be pleased to hear from her. Thank you.
Date: 06.25.2000
Melissa De La Rosa
Name of person you wish to locate: Melissa De La Rosa
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1998-1999
Location: I was at camp courtney, she at Kadena AFB
Your Name: Gabriel Lopez aka Chino
Your E-mail: chinno79@aol.com
Additional Contact Information: In tampa by Macdill AFB
Date: 06.20.2000
J. Tejada
Name of person you wish to locate: J. Tejada or Gratacos
Relationship: Friends
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1998-99
Location: Camp Courtney
Your Name: Gabriel Lopez aka Chino
Your E-mail: chinno79@aol.com
Additional Contact Information: In tampa by Macdill AFB
Date: 06.20.2000
Nancy Garvin – FOUND!
Name of person you wish to locate: Nancy Garvin
Relationship: Friend/Classmate
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: Elementary through High School and beyond
Location: Okinawa Christian School
Your Name: Monica
Your E-mail: Moccapi@hotmail.com
Personal Homepage: www.geocities.com/moccapi
Additional Comments: Just would like to be able to email/contact these classmates from OCS
Date: 06.20.2000
Naomi Dietz – FOUND!
Name of person you wish to locate: Naomi Dietz
Relationship: Friend/Classmate
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: Elementary through High School and beyond
Location: Okinawa Christian School
Your Name: Monica
Your E-mail: Moccapi@hotmail.com
Personal Homepage: www.geocities.com/moccapi
Additional Comments: Just would like to be able to email/contact these classmates from OCS
Date: 06.20.2000
Jessica Jones
Name of person you wish to locate: Jessica Jones and people from Kadena AFB
Relationship: Best friends
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: second grade though the 4th grade (1993-1996)
Location: Kadena AFB
Your Name: Rachael Easley
Your E-mail: cynsn136@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: Jess hope you come to this website, please contact me if you can!!!!!!!!!
Date: 06.20.2000
Jayne Naomi Yatomi
Name of person you wish to locate: Jayne Naomi Yatomi
Relationship: Best Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1970 – 1974
Location: Phetima
Your Name: Dede Lord
Your E-mail: dianaje@cchat.com
Additional Comments: Jayne, I have been looking for you for over 20 yrs. last I heard you were moving to Hawaii
Date: 06.20.2000
Raymond Fouty
Name of person you wish to locate: Raymond Fouty
Relationship: Father
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1985-1993
Location: 1657 Yogi Okinawa City
Your Name: Erica Fouty
Your E-mail: sailor_moon63@hotmail.com
Additional Contact Information: E-mail for telephone contact.
Additional Comments: He’s my father and I hope you can find him for me.
Date: 06.20.2000
Frank Deriso
Name of person you wish to locate: Frank Deriso (spelling may be slightly off)
Relationship: Friend of my father
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1957-1963
Location: Naha, Okinawa
Your Name: christina Setters
Your E-mail: shironbo19@aol.com
Chieko (Keiko) Sakiyama
Name of person you wish to locate: Chieko (Keiko) Sakiyama
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1986 to 1989
Location: Camp Kinser (Ginowan City)
Your Name: Kevin Parris
Your E-mail: kevin@cfalaw.com
Additional Contact Information: I’m in Southern California 949-874-1299
Additional Comments: I really miss you Keiko!!
Date: 06.20.2000
Chiyoko Taira
Name of person you wish to locate: Chiyoko Taira
Relationship: Father’s Family Seisei Nakasone
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: Last contact 1962
Location: 183 Teruya ku Koza City, Okinawa
Your Name: Hugo Nakasone
Your E-mail: nakasone@better.net
Additional Comments: I am the son of Seisei Nakasone, I was born in Lima Peru. My father passed away in 1961 and I lost contact with my relatives in Okinawa. Any help will be appreciated. Now I am living in Toronto, Canada.
Date: 06.20.2000
Gary Weingartner
Name of person you wish to locate: Gary Weingartner
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1985 and after
Location: Kadena
Your Name: Linda
Your E-mail: potter@zianet.com
Date: 06.20.2000
Kim J. & Taiko Stone
Name of person you wish to locate: Kim J. & Taiko Stone
Relationship: Army friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1974-1978
Location: Zukeran
Your Name: Domingo Ramirez Jr.
Your E-mail: Domingojr@yahoo.com
Additional Contact Information: (831) 754-4724
Date: 06.20.2000
Ura Soken
Name of the person you wish to locate: Ura Soken
Relationship: Karate student of Higashionna Kanryo
Time Frame: 1912 – 1915
Location: Naha
Your Name: Tony Wilson
Your E-mail: twilson@axionet.com
Personal Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/baja/mesa/4446
Additional Comments: I am trying to locate Soken Hanshi to interview him in reference to a book that I am researching about Okinawa Karate Do
Date: 06.20.2000
Madiko
Name of the person you wish to locate: Madiko ?
Relationship: Daughter
Time Frame: 1965
Location: Near Kadena Air Base/"Four Corners"
Your Name: Horace "Ace" Cathcart
Your E-mail: ace@betterguys.com
Additional Contact Information: Second e-mail address: eagleres@nwlink.com Telephone 206-240-0679 (Cellular Phone/w Voice Mail)
Additional Comments: I was stationed in Okinawa in late 1964, and early 1965, before I went to VietNam. I cannot remember the Okinawan woman I was seeing at the time, but she was working as a housemaid in the US Marine Corps Band Barracks at Camp Courtney. We had a relationship during early 1965 before I left for Vietnam. I came back to Okinawa for a short stay in either late 1965 or early 1966. At that time I found out I had a daughter, who was born on December 23, 1965. All I remember is that her name was Madiko. I had to go back to VietNam right after that and I corresponded with her Mother for about two months, then the letters I sent came back with no forwarding address. I went back up to Okinawa several months later but I could not find out any information. I would like to find Madiko, and be able to establish a Father/Daughter relationship, if that is possible. This would be the only blood offspring I have. Please if there is any way of finding a young lady, named Madiko, born in Okinawa on December 23, 1965, please contact me. Thank you, Ace Cathcart
Date: 06.20.2000
Glee Ann Schroeder
Name of the person you wish to locate: Glee Ann Schroeder
Relationship: High School Teacher
Time Frame: 1974 to 1976
Location: Christ the King School, Ginowan City
Your Name: Nolette Gnilo
Your E-mail Address: silent_g@earthlink.net
Additional Comments: Thank you in advance for letting us know…..please e-mail to above name.
Date: 06.20.2000
Kazuko Kashaba – FOUND!
Name of the person you wish to locate: Kazuko Kashaba
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1970-71
Location: Camp Hansen (?)
Your name: Mickey Blank
Your e-mail address: Angieb917@aol.com
Comments: I would love to hear from her!
Date: 06.20.2000
Junko Shimoji
Name of the person you wish to locate: Junko Shimoji
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1964-1966
Your name: Spiro Mason (Sprue) "noposan"
Your e-mail address: Spiromason@webtv.net
Comments: Greetings! I hope all is well. Wonderful if I find you.
Date: 05.14.2000
Relatives of Michiko Shiroma Hoffman
Name of the person you wish to locate: Anyone related to Michiko Shiroma Hoffman
Relationship: Michiko (late mother)
Your name: Mary Hoffman
Your e-mail address: mhoff@usa.com
Comments: My mother (Michiko) passed away in 1975. Lost contact with mother’s family shortly after. Would love to find them!!!! Dreaming of one day reuniting with family in Okinawa.
Date: 05.14.2000
Hayama Jinji
Name of the person you wish to locate: Hayama Jinji
Relationship: Best Friends
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1995-1997
Your name: Philip Seah
Your e-mail address: pseah@intergate.ca
Additional Contact Info: (604) 871-2349
Comments: Jinji used to live in Vancouver, Canada but moved back to Okinawa, Japan in 1997. I have written to him but have not heard from him. We used to be best friends and hung out together and I would appreciate it very much if someone can help me locate him.
Date: 04.30.2000
James Petit
Name of the person you wish to locate: James Petit
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1992-1993, 1995
Location in Okinawa: Camp Futenma
Your name: Tim Shelton
Your e-mail address: jerseynut2000@prodigy.net
Comments: Where are you now?
Date: 04.30.2000
John Lukaski
Name of the person you wish to locate: John Lukaski
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1960-1962
Location in Okinawa: Mizugama Iriguchi and Tori Station
Your name: Bob Gach
Your e-mail address: rjgach@doc1.wa.gov
Date: 04.30.2000
Harold Bishop
Name of the person you wish to locate: Harold Bishop
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1960-1962
Location in Okinawa: Mizugama Iriguchi and Tori Station
Your name: Bob Gach
Your e-mail address: rjgach@doc1.wa.gov
Date: 04.30.2000
Fumiko or Junko Higa (or relatives)
Name of the person you wish to locate: Fumiko or Junko Higa (or relatives)
Relationship: Grandmother and aunts and uncle
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: Kept in touch from early 80’s
Location in Okinawa: Naha
Your name: Allen Oakley
Your e-mail address: lewsmarket@oregoncoast.com
Additional Comments: Looking for my mother’s relatives. My mother is Tsuyako Higa Oakley.
Date: 04.30.2000
Kasuko Uechi Sunagawa
Name of the person you wish to locate: Kasuko Uechi Sunagawa
Relationship: My Aunt
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1969-1973
Location in Okinawa: Naha, Kadena Air Base
Your name: Ronnie Phelan
Your e-mail address: mydouglas2000@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: Dear Aunt Kasuko, how I remember living in Okinawa so many years ago. Oba meant the world to me, and I’ll never forget all those weekends we all spent together in Naha and in Kadena. My mom, Chieko (your sister) is doing fine and Miko now lives in Florida. (She is now a grandma…Tyle is his name and he is just beautiful.) I hope your family is doing great also… Let’s see if I can get their names right… Eiko-chan and your son Suiechi. I know this is a long shot, however, it still feels good writing this letter. Please, if by chance you see this, please e-mail me back. Again, it is mydouglas2000@hotmail.com. God bless.
Date: 04.30.2000
Ralph Yamioka
Name of the person you wish to locate: Ralph Yamioka
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1962-1964
Location in Okinawa: Kadena, Naha
Your name: Tom Osborne
Your e-mail address: tom.osborne@alltel.com
Additional Comments: Where is Wayne Stricker? Larry Rinehardt? Pat Ohlemacher? Mike?
Date: 04.30.2000
Keomi Asharo
Name of the person you wish to locate: Keomi Asharo
Relationship: Lady friend, a lady who is always on my mind
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1966-1967
Location in Okinawa: Futenma
Your name: George
Your e-mail address: george3516@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: I wish to find out how she is doing. I think of her a lot. Love was in full bloom and she is thought about a lot.
Date: 04.30.2000
Junko Mare
Name of the person you wish to locate: Junko Mare
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1988-1997
Location in Okinawa: Chatan-cho
Your name: Jim Boyd
Your e-mail address: jkimb@msn.com
Additional Comments: Jun is married to Wayne and they have a daughter Jessica. Junko and Wayne were friends when I lived in Okinawa. I’d love to hear from them.
Date: 04.30.2000
Minako Yamasaki
Name of the person you wish to locate: Minako Yamasaki
Relationship: Friend
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 1987-1997
Location in Okinawa: Sunabe, Chatan-cho
Your name: Jim Boyd
Your e-mail address: jkimb@msn.com
Additional Comments: Mina-chan, if you’re out there, please e-mail me. What a great friend she was….would really like to contact her.
Date: 04.30.2000
Junko Toubaru
Name of the person you wish to locate: Junko Toubaru
Relationship: Ex-wife
Time Frame in which you were acquainted: 3 1/2 years
Location in Okinawa: Naha
Your name: James T. Lynn
Your e-mail address: LYNSTA1@yahoo.com
Additonal Contact: Page me at (919) 899-7828
Additional Comments: I’m sorry and I miss her. I was wrong and I never forgave myself for what I have done. I still love Moon Head. I miss you. I will always be sorry I hurt you.
Date: 04.30.2000
Taira Family
Name of the person you wish to locate: Taira Family
Relationship: Wife’s family
Location in Okinawa: Ogimi-son
Your name: Jim & Yoshiko
Your e-mail address: JY1961OKI@AOL.COM
Additional Comments: Any help appreciated.
Date: 04.30.2000
Kazue Nakaishi
Name of the person you wish to locate: Kazue Nakaishi
Relationship: Old Girlfriend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1989-1990
Location in Okinawa: I was stationed at Kadena Airbase
Your name: Rob Dotts
Your e-mail address: polkadotts_2000@yahoo.com
Additional Contact: (208) 457-1053, Post Falls, ID (Call or e-mail for additional contact information)
Additional Comments: I wanted to hear from you and how you are doing.
Date: 04.30.2000
Kevin Rawls
Name of the person you wish to locate: Kevin Rawls
Relationship: Dear friend and former classmate back in South Carolina
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 5 years.
Location in Okinawa: Unknown – military base
Your name: Claudette
Your e-mail address: lookingforkevin@hotmail.com or hirsem@darlington.com
Additional Contact: (843) 434-0634
Additional Comments: Kevin and I attended some of middle and high school together until he and his family transferred to Japan. Unfortunate circumstances did not allow us to say our goodbyes in order to exchange contact info — I truly miss Kevin and have searched for him on and off since 1991 when I graduated. But, unfortunately, I’ve been unsuccessful. That is until I made a vow and commitment to find Kevin this year. Thanks for your help. I want to be able to say, "Kevin, make me laugh" like I used to say all the time and as usual, he made me laugh. Kevin, I miss you, guy!
Date: 04.30.2000
Hiroshi & Minirou Yonamine
Name of the person you wish to locate: Hiroshi & Minirou Yonamine
Relationship: Brothers
Time frame in which you were acquainted: Last seen 1959
Location in Okinawa: Last known – Naha
Your name: Asako Yonamine Erbeck
Your e-mail address: Emspooners@aol.com
Additional Contact: (704) 792-2856, North Carolina, USA
Additional Comments: Anyone knowing the whereabouts of either of my brothers or other relatives, please pass along the information so that we can get back in touch with each other. I am planning to visit Okinawa in the very near future and would like to be reunited with as much of my family as possible. I left for the United States in 1959 and have not seen my family since. This is very important to me.
Date: 04.09.2000
Yoko Canter
Name of the person you wish to locate: Yoko Canter
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1986-1995
Location in Okinawa: Kadena
Your name: Robin Thompson
Your e-mail address: catzluv@bedford.net
Additional Comments: I lost contact several years ago. Yoko married an ex-marine, John, and has 2 sons, Rio and Sho. Last known address was Kuwae Chatan-cho.
Date: 04.09.2000
Naoko Kinjou
Name of the person you wish to locate: Naoko Kinjou
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1976-present 2000
Location in Okinawa: Naha
Your name: Noriko Yogi
Your e-mail address: proconken@email.msn.com
Additional Comments: Naoko Kinjou was born in Sakimotobu Okinawa Japan in 1949 August. Went to a local High School and graduated in 1968 (Oroku High School). Her parents used to live in Tomari. She also attended Naha Jr. High School.
Date: 04.09.2000
Hisao Nakama
Name of the person you wish to locate: Hisao Nakama
Relationship: Best friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1986-1993
Location in Okinawa: Kinjo-cho Kin Camp Hansen
Your name: Mark P. Mendibles
Your e-mail address: mendibles33@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: Hisao was my best friend and I just wish I could locate him.
Date: 04.09.2000
Sakimoto, Kazuko (Noniko)
Name of the person you wish to locate: Kazuko "Noniko" Sakimoto
Relationship: Close friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1967-1969
Location in Okinawa: US Marine Base Camp Courtney
Your name: Michael Gordon Finnie
Your e-mail address: mgfinnie@spis.net
Additional Contact: (270) 825-8238 (home), address upon request.
Additional Comments: Kazuko "Noniko" Sakimoto was employed at Camp Courtney near Agena, Okinawa. During the time, we were friends, her parents lived at the following address: 2-4 Sakiyamo Cho Shuri Village Naha, Okinawa. I’d very much like to make contact with her and exchange information about the directions our lives have taken since that time.
Date: 03.31.2000
Julia Gregory
Name of the person you wish to locate: Julia Gregory
Relationship: Best Friends Forever
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1990-1993
Location in Okinawa: School, Camp Lester…virtually EVERYWHERE
Your name: Jessica Brooks
Your e-mail address: angel_1973_99@yahoo.com
Additional Comments: I am looking for a long lost best friend. We were so close for so long! She has a brother, Joe, and used to live on Camp Lester when I was there with my family! We used to do everything together. Then we retired and moved back to the US and haven’t spoken since. Her mother is half Okinawan and I figured that they probably still live there because they were so close. I am hoping anyone can help me locate Julie. I would appreciate the help! Thank-you! I am so glad to have found this page!
Date: 03.31.2000
Robert Gallop
Name of the person you wish to locate: Robert Gallop
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1993-1996
Location in Okinawa: Possibly living in Nago and working on Kadena AB
Your name: Brian Brewer
Your e-mail address: rotaryman1@worldnet.att.net
Additional Contact: (317) 895-7950
Additional Comments: Would very much like to contact him. It has been a long time since we have seen each other. We have a lot of things to talk about.
Date: 03.31.2000
Jake Mohn
Name of the person you wish to locate: Jake Mohn
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1995-1996
Location in Okinawa: Kadena High School
Your name: Aoi Garner
Your e-mail address: aoig@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: Jake and I were best friends in high school. After graduation, he disappeared off to college. Last I heard from him, he was in Washington, and his family was stationed in Korea. There are a lot of old friends wondering where he is now…
Date: 03.31.2000
Sandra Jo Elvidge
Name of the person you wish to locate: Sandra Jo Elvidge
Relationship: Good friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1979-1980
Location in Okinawa: Camp Zukeran
Your name: Donald Spanitz
Your e-mail address: dspanitz@hotmail.com
Additional Comments: I’ve been thinking about you for a long time. I would like to know how you’ve been and what you have been doing. Any information on locating Sandy would be great. Thank you.
Date: 03.31.2000
James Thompson
Name of the person you wish to locate: James Thompson
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1984-1989
Location in Okinawa: Kubasaki High School
Your name: Bob Via
Your e-mail address: R2BIGDAWGZ@aol.com
Additional Contact: (619) 223-1461, Address upon request
Date: 03.31.2000
Naomi Yoza
Name of the person you wish to locate: Naomi Yoza
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1969-1973
Location in Okinawa: Kadena AFB
Your name: Jeanie Woods Morrison
Your e-mail address: morris0n@hotmail.com
Additional Info: Went to Jr. High Kadena Middle School. Friends also with Pat Reed and Joanne Scheppesi. Friends for 4 years. Naomi moved to Hawaii and Pat wanted to be a landscape architect.
Date: 03.31.2000
Dale
Name of the person you wish to locate: Dale
Relationship: Brother
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1958-1960
Location in Okinawa: Fort Buckner
Your name: Michele McCord-Mersinger
Your e-mail address: smmersinger@hometel.com
Additional Contact: (618) 644-5714
Additional Info: My father, Paul McCord, was Mess. Sarg. at Fort Buckner in the late 1950’s-early 1960’s, where he met a local woman and had a son.
Date: 03.31.2000
Susan Bowers – FOUND!
Name of the person you wish to locate: Susan Bowers
Relationship: Best "elementary" friend 🙂
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1980-1985
Location in Okinawa: Kishaba Housing
Your name: Lena Masami Printz
Your e-mail address: animaluver@hotmail.com
Additional Contact: Phone # may be available upon request.
Additional Info: Hello out there! I have tried many times to find ones whom I have a lasting, vivid memory of…while stationed in Okinawa. I went to Zukeran Elementary School and had (for my last teacher) Mrs. Hoenthal. *Excuse the spelling! It’s pronounced as it is spelled, if it helps! 🙂 Anyway, Susan Bowers and I were like sisters. In fact, many thought we were since we looked so much alike! I left in the summer of 1985 to go back to Fort Devens, Massachusetts. I am currently not at Fort Devens, but I am still residing in Massachusetts. If ANYONE knows or have heard of Susan Bowers, or better yet… if anyone remembers ME…please let me know! I am terribly "home sick" and the ones whom I remember growing up in Okinawa with… SUSAN BOWERS, NAOMI, DANIEL DIGGS, PATRICK, DON WALSH, BOBBY and many, many more… I would like them all to know that they are sorely missed and I hope all are well!!!! MISS YOU ALL!
P.S. Many remember me by my brother…LENNY MAKOTO PRINTZ who went to Kubasaki High School at the time.
Date: 03.31.2000
Joe Spotsville
Name of the person you wish to locate: Joe Spotsville
Relationship: Minister, Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1968-1973
Location in Okinawa: Kadena
Your name: Bobby C. Woods
Your e-mail address: morris0n@hotmail.com
Additional Contact: (662) 262-7382
Date: 03.31.2000
Juan Manuel Cabrera
Name of the person you wish to locate: Juan Manuel Cabrera
Relationship: U.S.M.C. Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1987-1988
Location in Okinawa: Camp Courtney
Your name: Tina Olguin (Bryniarski)
Your e-mail address: tinaoctopus@aol.com
Additional Contact: (813) 628-4222
Date: 03.05.2000
Fumiko Kadena
Name of the person you wish to locate: Fumiko Kadena
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1966-1967
Your name: Dennis Tobin
Your e-mail address: dtobin@interlinx.qc.ca
Additional Info: I am trying to locate someone I have not seen in 35 years. I know this is a long shot, but the Internet does make the world smaller. Fumiko Kadena is originally from Miyako. When I knew her in 1966-1967, she worked in Koza and lived just a little south of Koza towards Camp Zukeran. Prior to this, she lived in Henoko. Her present age would be 58 years old.
Date: 03.04.2000
Sadako Asato
Name of the person you wish to locate: Sadako Asato
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1969-1970
Your name: Roger and Ann Bishop
Your e-mail address: randabishop@earthlink.net
Additional Info: We will be in the Kadena VOQ on March 18-21, 2000.
Date: 03.04.2000
Louie-Jean Taylor
Name of the person you wish to locate: Louie-Jean Taylor
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1997-1998
Your name: Judie Kelsey
Your e-mail address: kelsey@maui.net
Additional Info: She is or was living in Okinawa, the last I was in contact with her was approximately two-three years ago. She works for the American military (as a civilian), as an Occupational Therapist. She used to live in Hawaii several years ago, which is where we met.
Date: 03.04.2000
Yuki Dyess
Name of the person you wish to locate: Yuki Dyess
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1992-1997
Location in Okinawa: Just south of Kadena
Your name: Rick Carr
Your e-mail address: rcarr29473@aol.com or carrri@nku.edu
Additional Info: She should be 19 now, and I think she still lives on the island. If she doesn’t she’s probably somewhere around Alabama.
Date: 02.29.2000
Billy Jefferson
Name of the person you wish to locate: Billy Jefferson
Relationship: A good friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1970-1972
Location in Okinawa: Kadena AFB
Your name: Vicki Wilson
Your e-mail address: vickirlooney@iwon.com
Date: 02.27.2000
Eric Hanalei Burns – FOUND!
Name of the person you wish to locate: Eric Hanalei Burns
Relationship: Brother
Time frame in which you were acquainted: From birth
Location in Okinawa: PSC 557 Box 72 FPO AP 96379 (I believe he is in Ishikawa, non-military personnel)
Your name: Carl Burns
Your e-mail address: syngin6@aol.com
Additional Comments: Time to catch up with each other and our families. ("Ey bra long time no heah/like talk story/walaau in chino")
Date: 02.27.2000
Dear Donna,
Thank you so much! If not for your Aloha who knows how or what else could have been done. I know you probably receive a lot of "thank you’s", but on behalf of my family and my brother, whom we connected with your electronic bulletin board, thank you again!
-Carl Burns, 03.31.2000
Ladd Graham
Name of the person you wish to locate: Ladd Graham
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1966-1967
Location in Okinawa: 999 Signal Company 1st Special Forces Group
Your name: Phil Madarasz
Your e-mail address: pmadaras@tir.com
Date: 02.21.2000
Larry Federoff
Name of the person you wish to locate: Larry Federoff
Relationship: Classmate
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1956-1958
Location in Okinawa: Kubasaki High School
Your name: Joanna Bottiglieri
Your e-mail address: cbi@isni.net
Additional comments: Larry’s birth name was Wellborn. Many people would love to find Larry and others for the BIG ALL-CLASS KUBASAKI H.S. REUNION 7/19-23/2000 in LAS VEGAS. For details, please go to http://members.aol.com/khsalumni and go to bulletin boards.
Date: 02.21.2000
Bob Denton
Name of the person you wish to locate: Bob Denton
Relationship: Classmate
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1956-58
Location in Okinawa: Kubasaki High School
Your name: Joanna Bottiglieri
Your e-mail address: cbi@isni.net
Additional comments: Many people would love to find Bob and others for the BIG ALL-CLASS KUBASAKI H.S. REUNION 7/19-23/2000 in LAS VEGAS. For details, please go to http://members.aol.com/khsalumni and go to bulletin boards.
Date: 02.21.2000
George Kieffer
Name of the person you wish to locate: George Kieffer
Relationship: Classmate
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1956-58
Location in Okinawa: Kubasaki High School
Your name: Joanna Bottiglieri
Your e-mail address: cbi@isni.net
Additional comments: Many people would love to find George and others for the BIG ALL-CLASS KUBASAKI H.S. REUNION 7/19-23/2000 in LAS VEGAS. For details, please go to http://members.aol.com/khsalumni and go to bulletin boards.
Date: 02.21.2000
George Carrier
Name of the person you wish to locate: George Carrier
Relationship: Good friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1965-1971
Location in Okinawa: Mashinato
Your name: Keith Aidich
Your e-mail address: kaidich@aol.com
Additional comments: His wife was Okinawan and he had 2 daughters that were like family.
Date: 02.21.2000
Bob Geary
Name of the person you wish to locate: Bob Geary
Relationship: Great friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1978-1980
Location in Okinawa: Kadena AFB
Your name: Tracy Pack
Your e-mail address: Mzjemez@aol.com
Additional comments: Bob was a Fireman stationed on Okinawa…he worked the flight line. We met at the Movie premier "Superman" to where I told him to lower his large head in front of me because I couldn’t see the movie! After that we became the closest of friends… I would love to make contact just to see how life has treated him 20 years later! Thanks!
Date: 02.21.2000
Keiko Nakamura
Name of the person you wish to locate: Keiko Nakamura
Relationship: Wife’s good friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1966-1968
Location in Okinawa: 144 Banchi Hantagawa Naha City
Your name: Gary & Shizuko Kindred
Your e-mail address: gkind6@abelink.com
Telephone: 217-648-2947
Additional comments: Keiko was a good friend of my wife’s and we have lost contact since 1978. We are coming back to visit in August and would like to make contact before arriving.
Date: 02.21.2000
Dino Zane (Keele)
Name of the person you wish to locate: Dino Zane
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1975-1977
Location in Okinawa: Kadena AFB
Your name: Steve Carter
Your e-mail address: casooner@earthlink.net
Additional comments: Dino was my best friend and neighbor in Kadena, and I often wonder how his life has turned out. I miss Okinawa and all the friends I had. When I think of my childhood, I think about Kadena, Okinawa and the Youth Sports program on base. I now realize (now that I’m older) the prime real estate we occupied. Dino, I hope life has treated you well!!!
Date: 02.15.2000
Chikako Hanashiro or Allen
Name of the person you wish to locate: Chikako Hanashiro or Allen
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1965-1966
Location in Okinawa: Naha
Your name: Spiro N. Mason, DMD (Sprue), Cpt. USAMSG, Camp Kue Hospital
Your e-mail address: Spiromason@Webtv.net
Additional comments: Chicako was my love. I miss her so much and hope she is happy and well. I assume she married Sgt. Allen, 1st Special Forces. I do not mean to embarass her but she is constantly on my mind and knowledge of her would be kept confidential. Thanks.
Date: 02.13.2000
Yoshiko "Mama-san"
Name of the person you wish to locate: Yoshiko "Mama-san"
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1982-1983
Location in Okinawa: Husband stationed at Kadena, but lived on the Marine base
Your name: Libby Banks
Your e-mail address: AFNCO3@aol.com or ZOOBANKS@aol.com
Additional comments: Yoshiko took care of my children for approximately a year; my son spoke broken English when he started school. My daughter is now a 2nd Lt. in the Air Force Nurse Corp. and my son is in the Navy at Grat Lakes, II completing his A- school; it would be nice if Yoshiko could see how they have grown.
Date: 02.13.2000
Sue Smith
Name of the person you wish to locate: Sue Smith
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1957-1958
Location in Okinawa: Naha AFB – Kubasaki High School
Your name: Jan (Miller) Sanders
Your e-mail address: Blondewidow@aol.com
Additional comments: Sue, hope you see this. Have thought of you often over the years and would like to renew our friendship.
Date: 02.05.2000
Larry B. Moore
Name of the person you wish to locate: Larry B. Moore
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1986-1995
Location in Okinawa: Kadena Air Base
Your name: Dan Amidon
Your e-mail address: okidan@prodigy.net
Mailing address contact: 6339 Longford Rd. Huber Heights, OH 45424
Date: 02.05.2000
Yoshiko Nakesone
Name of the person you wish to locate: Yoshiko Nakesone
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: May 1965 – May 1969
Location in Okinawa: Miyagi
Your name: Don Shriver
Your e-mail address: dshriver@alltel.net
Additional comments: Along with other G.I.’s, I rented a house from "mama-san." She had six children and they were like family to us. After getting discharged from the Army, my wife and I retured to Okinawa. However, we have not been in touch since 1969. I think the childrens’ names were Kazumi, Hiroko, Hitomi, Mabu, Chiaeko and I do not remember the last name. However, "papa’s" name was Siek. (I am not sure of the spelling of papa’s name.) Mama and the children spoke excellent English. I hope someone can help me. Thanks.
Date: 02.05.2000
SSGT Mike Rutherford
Name of the person you wish to locate: SSGT Mike Rutherford
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1978-1981
Location in Okinawa: Kadena AFB 400mms
Your name: Parke Morrison
Your e-mail address: leon@chesco.com
Additional comments: Mike was an avid diver. He was still there when I left in 1981.
Date: 02.03.2000
Alysia Evans – FOUND!
Name of the person you wish to locate: Alysia Evans
Relationship: High School buddy
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1988-1990
Location in Okinawa: Kubasaki High School
Your name: Jamie Frye
Your e-mail address: median27@hotmail.com
Additional comments: Her dad is Okinawan and was living on the island. Lost touch with her after I left Okinawa in 1990.
Date: 02.03.2000
Evan Hicks
Name of the person you wish to locate: Evan Hicks
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1990-1994
Location in Okinawa: Okinawa City
Your name: Arthur Shane Fry
Your e-mail address: arthur_fry@hotmail.com
Additional comments: Where are you?
Date: 02.02.2000
Mr. Inafuku
Name of the person you wish to locate: Mr. Inafuku
Relationship: Friend
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1989-1990
Location in Okinawa: Gushikawa
Your name: Sue Viers
Your e-mail address: sviers7@hotmail.com
Date: 02.02.2000
Moriji Iha
Name of the person you wish to locate: Moriji Iha
Relationship: Friend/Former Work Partner
Time frame in which you were acquainted: 1975-1979
Location in Okinawa: Kadena Air Base
Your name: Dennis Corkery
Your e-mail address: dennis@corkery.net
Website: www.corkery.net
Additional comments: Iha-san was working as a civilian guard with the Base Police at Kadena. He was at Chibana Kennels outside of Gate 3 when I last heard about him. He should check out my website.
Date: 01.31.2000
Shinichi (Jun) Onisawa
Name of the person you wish to locate: Shinichi (Jun) Onisawa
Relationship: Ex-husband, first love, father of my son
Time frame in which you were acquainted: Married 1976-1982; met in 1975 at A&W in Koza
Location in Okinawa: Lived in Koza around "Gate 2 street"
Your name: Denise Davis
Your e-mail address: denise.davis@us.pwcglobal.com or total_eclipse@webtv.net
Additional comments:
Jun would be 47 now. I would like him to get to know his son. They have not seen each other in 18 years. Jimi Onisawa (his son) has some exciting news for his father. Jimi needs to know him. Even though Jun has opted to lose contact with us, I haven’t been actively pursuing it either. While I spoke Japanese then, it has suffered terribly in the past 18 years, and Jimi doesn’t speak it at all anymore. Jun used to be in a band (a keyboardist) and they played at Cannon in Koza. Some of his friends may still be there–Kozo, Shigeru, Daichan. Jun is originally from Ibaragi-Ken Japan, but he has lived on Okinawa for some time. The last time I spoke with him was 5 or 6 years ago, (like I said my Japanese is gone), and from what I could understand he was a carpenter or something of that nature now, but he also said that he still plays music once in a while. Jimi was born at Seventh Day Adventist hospital in Naha. I hope someone can help me get these first two men in my life together again. That was the best time in my life, and Jimi has turned into a handsome young man, who has his father’s musical traits. If you need any more information, do not hesitate to contact me. I graduated from Kubasaki, and went to Oklahoma City after we divorced. I am now living in Tampa, Florida. Thanks to everyone in advance.
Date: 01.29.2000