Site Change Log        07/24/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Frank Bergin, Emryce Stine, and Dallas Swope; included new photo for Ken Bausell. Misawa Images: Posted 9 new 1967 pics for old Static Club album. 07/09/2008 Fallen Eagles: Posted Bob Fields, Allen Lavelle, and Richard Spoor. 06/22/2008 USAFSS History: Added the NSA's 50th Anniversary publication. 06/20/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Ron Kissell, Ken Morning and Marvin Tettemer. Home page: Added new area titled "USAFSS HISTORY" accessible from the blue sidebar, and populated it with Lackland Decade Series of pamphlets. Related Website Links: Moved USAFSS History Timeline and History of the Shield to new USAFSS HISTORY Page. 06/18/2008 Fallen Eagles: Posted Hubert "Peewee" Carignan, Benjamin "Wolf" Gerald, Glenn "Red Eye" Havens, Charles Huttu, James Opalach and John Walczak; Included obit page for Duane Buethe; added new photos for Chuck Spradley & Larry Stein. Maps: Devised an index to scroll directly to each group of maps. Memories/Roll Calls: Added a 1971 Roll Call photo for T3 (T-13). Navbar: Replaced "Misawa 2002" with "Misawa Images". 05/28/2008 Fallen Eagles: Posted J. W. Merrell; added new photos and tribute page for Tony Christopher. BX Page: added Chief Babb's latest novel, "Born to be Brothers". 05/21/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added obituary to Brett Bushelle's name. 05/19/2008 Fallen Eagles: Posted new photo of Brett Bushelle. Memories/Emblems: Added a 6920th ESG T1 Trick Patch from Steve "Kaz" Kaznica. 05/11/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Wilbert Diggs, William Dimmick, Robert Heyl, Geoffrey Hingstone, and Thomas Smith; included new photo for Jane Gerth. Memories/Collectibles: Posted 1965 link bracelet and 2 Sapporo openers from Granny Welch, two 1966 Sapporo openers from Dan Tholen, and a 1972 pocket opener fashioned from a 100,000 ryo coin from Gohan Price. 05/02/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Jane Gerth. Converted all dates from "mm/dd/yyyy" to "dd mmm yyyy" format. 04/27/2008 Fallen Eagles: Posted Carl Clair, Joe Gaudette, and Steven Motyka. 04/23/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Carl Dalebout, Wayne Fau, Gary Holtz, Wallace Jewell, and Paul H. Maassen. 03/14/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Gus Akerson, Auxier Booth, Ben Hendrix, and Ottis Prillaman. Memories/Emblems: Posted two new T4 patches from 77-78, submitted by Cheri Merchant Howell. 03/08/2008 Memories/Misawa Matches: Posted the impressive Granny Welch collection (65-67) that significantly enhances our Virtual Matchbox gallery. Thanks, Granny! 02/25/2008 Fallen Eagles: Included an obituary page for Paul "Jake" Jacobs. 02/24/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added David Lane and Roger Woodard; also included new photos for Gary Hutchins and Paul Jacobs, and a new photo and obituary for Gregg "Turk" Taylor. 02/18/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Thomas Crow, Paul "Jake" Jacobs, and Clinton Mosley. Related Website Links: Added link to website for 6918th SS Hakata, Japan. 02/11/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Ray Clemons, Ken Diebert, Andy Haumann, Robert W. Johnson, John Minahan, Chuck Omura, Walter Palma, Guy Ruocco, George Taussig, Gregg "Turk" Taylor, and Rex Yarbro; also created a tribute page for Bennie Baucum featuring his recently found "Freedom-Vigilance" ode. Memories/Roll Calls: posted a new T3 rollcall pic from 1967 submitted by Ray Parker. Memories/Misawa Matches: Included new 61-63 matchboxes from Harold Amburn. 01/09/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added new photos for John Durner, William Little, and Ray Simons. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted new T3 roll call photo from November 1966, courtesy Terry White. 01/05/2008 Fallen Eagles: Added Brett Bushelle and Vernon "Buzz" Thissell. Memories/Documents: Posted Jim Boone's Airmen's Club Card from 1961. Memories/Misawa Matches: Included a dozen 1966 additions to our matchbox collection from Granny Welch. 12/13/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Doug Lyon; posted new photo of Ron Pyszel. Memories/Emblems: Included 1969 JDAP (Joint Development Activity Pacific) patch submitted by Al Jump. Memories/Collectibles: Posted 1952 MPC Nickel and Military issue 1 yen note. Memories/Documents: Added several Misawa Stereo Tape Club documents from Ed Benningfield from the 1960's/1970's. 12/04/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Gordon Adcock, George Baker, Ottis Donohue, Dale Dubuque, Harry Franke, Peter Gobleck, Samuel Grolmes, Mike Healy, Stanley Hockett, Marhshall Inman, Everett List, Clyde McPhilliamy, John McReynolds, Gary Meredith, Harrison Merritt, Russ Perry, Guy Rumple, Gerald Schuetze, Alvin Stortz, James Stout, and Glenn Varga. Memories/Emblems: Posted a Transec patch from 63-64 from Joe Koester. 11/09/2007 Fallen Eagles: Posted George Baker, Mike Healy, Darrell Hunsicker and Max Rodebush. Memories/Stories: Included Joe Koester's tale of marching to the gig. 11/01/2007 Veterans Page: Posted profile for Dennis "Rass" Rassmussen. 10/30/2007 Veterans Page: Added profile for Danny Carden. 09/27/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Lauren "Truck" Hobson. BX Page: relisted 2002 Challenge Coins and Operation Eyesight Lighters as closeout items. 09/27/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Carl Forrest and Melvin Hamaker; posted new photo for Milt Screws; included tribute page for Terry Taylor. 09/27/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Quincy Gunter, Paul "Granny" Hinton, and Michael Licata. 09/06/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Duane Buethe, Harry Haggenmiller, Joe Letchworth, Jay Ollman, Jeffery X. Roderick, Milton Screws, and Terry Taylor. 09/06/2007 Memories/Emblems: Added T4 Patch used 1974-1975 from Nick Pacura. 08/31/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Charles Johnson, Freddie Mason, and Charlie Mofield. Memories/Dox: Included a copy of General Orders posted by Sandy Sanderson in 2002. 08/11/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Leonard Blair, Jimmie D. Eustler; Ron Mowry, and George Oxley. 08/04/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Steven L. "Sakana" Hughes; Removed Aubrey L. Johnson (found alive in South Carolina!). Memories/Emblems: Posted 1958 T3 Patch from Dave "Animal" Cunningham, and 1980 T1 Patch from Steve "Kaz" Kaznica. 08/02/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Curtis Adsitt, Vernon Butler, William Daniels, Robert Farnsworth, and Albert Slocheck. 07/29/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Raymond Bruce and Don Harthcock. Memories/Emblems: Posted T1 Spartan Football Patch from 1972, courtest Harry Lawrence. Memories/Dox: Added 1968 Ogawara Power Boat License from George Logan, and Airmen's Club Card from 1971 per Sam Challis. 07/28/2007 Because a significant number of correspondents were not able to access this site from time to time - apparently due to server blocks - this entire site was ported from 24-7host.com to a new webhosting service in an effort to inprove site availability. 07/06/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Jerry McGhay and Curtis McKenzie. Memories/Emblems: Posted newly found 6921st SG patch from 1971 courtesy Bill Ries. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted 1972 T-13 Roll Call from Ken Draper. 06/30/2007 Home page: Removed link to Baltimore Reunion page. Fallen Eagles: Added James Kobernat. Memories/Emblems: Posted 1961 T3 patch from David Hedger. 06/18/2007 Fallen Eagles: Included Joe Popeck and Herb Warman. 05/28/2007 Fallen Eagles: Posted new photos for Charlie Ashton and John Resetar. Veterans Page: Included profile for Paul Duplessis. 05/06/2007 Fallen Eagles: Posted William "Chiisai" Little and Bill Sawaka. Memories/Stories: Added "Nikka Joe" Koester's "Tales of the Green Hornet". Memories/Dox: Included Emergency Action Data Card from 1972 by Rob Price, and several documents from mid-1970's by Maureen Goldberg. 04/03/2007 Fallen Eagles: Included John "Jack" Cooper; posted new photo for Ronnie Hutchason Memories/Stories: Added Wayne Babb's story, "Home Improvement". 03/25/2007 Fallen Eagles: Posted Bruce Boynton, Phillip "Happy" Lane, and Tom Pendergast; new photos for Aubrey Johnson, Mick Inman, Denny Rissland, Stephen Seymour, and Dean Welch. BX Page: added Chief Babb's new book, "A Tiger by the Tail". Memories/Stories: Added Gene Swearingen's story related to Jean Dixon's earthquake prediction in the early 1960's. Memories/Dox: Included Larry Johnson's 1953 Airmens Club Card and Calendar. 02/25/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Bryan Kent DeRusha; created tribute page for Royce Lloyd. Maps: Posted Misawa City Map from 1970 courtesy David Stowe. 02/24/2007 Related Website Links: Restored USAFSS History and History of the Shield documents no longer available from the USAF website. 02/07/2007 Guestbook: After experiencing more problems and failures than I can count, I finally ported the entire Guestbook function to a new webhost service. I found that webhost technicians were changing CHMOD permissions which would cause the Guestbook to fail and entries made by visitors were unceremoniously dumped. 01/29/2007 Fallen Eagles: Added Paul Cash, Louis Fry, Edmond Goins, Gene Halfmann & James Spencer; included new photos for Bill Copas, BJ Lyden & Monty Montalvo. Maps: Posted new map of Security Hill dated 1960. Memories/Emblems: Added NSG Shoulder Patch courtesy George Logan. Memories/Misawa Matches: Including matchbox from New Tokyo Cabaret from David Stowe. Related Website Links: Added link to TREA (The Retired Enlisted Association, Reunion Calendar). 11/24/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Royce Lloyd. Added photo of Terry Tipsword. 11/13/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Wiley Smith, Terry Tipsword, Gerald Wallace, and Paul Weyandt. Included photos of Alan Jorgensen. Memories/Emblems: Posted 2 new T1 Patches and a Straight Days patch from early 60's, courtesy of Bill Wood. Memories/Collectibles: Added 1974 porcelain fish net weights and 1975 Lake Towada souvenir letter holder, all belonging to Ed Benningfield. 10/21/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added photo of Ed Angel courtesy of Bill Wood. 10/13/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Billy Bellmyer and Robert Oberdorf. Memories/Emblems: Included 1974 Motley Crew Patch. Memories/Collectibles: Posted 1977 Souvenir Ferry Keychain. 09/07/2006 Homepage/Vets/Base Locator: Modified email logic. 08/30/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Ron Kaderabek. Maps: Added Shimokita Peninsula map and a revised 511th AC&W Map from Sam Snead. 08/28/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added John Nordberg and Cecil Talley. 08/26/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Mark Brunken, Robert Burns, John Cummings, William Hamilton, Alan Jorgensen, Tony Mays, James Phillips, Donald Reifsteck, Bruce Skaug, and Donald Wood; posted new photos of Bill McCreery. Memories/Emblems: Posted new T4 Super X patch from 1966 and new T4 Super 2 patch from 1967, both from Randy Heatley. Memories/Collectibles: Included Japanese noren from Towadako (Danny Russell); added a Kokeshi doll and "Fat Man Bank" from RC Cooper. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted T4 Roll Call pics from 67 and 69. 07/23/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Ray Harralson and Arthur "Dave" Henderson. 07/08/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Edward Angel, Bruce Baker, Paul Lavelle & James Rooney; new photos for Charlie Davis, Larry Lorenco & Robert Massie. Memories/Emblems: Added 2 new T4 trick patches from the 50's from Ken Weston. 06/08/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Charles Ashton and Richard R. Moore. 06/03/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Terry Porter and Richard Whitman; included obituary for Hiskell Hill. 05/31/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added note to BJ Cook from the niece of Colonel Justice. 05/24/2006 Fallen Eagles: Included Tony Courville. Memories/Collectibles: Posted 2 bottle openers from about 1976. Memories/Roll Calls: Added 1967 roll call photo for T4 from David Stowe. 05/15/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Earl Rush, Joseph Schwetz, and Raymond Wolk; updated DOD for Art Bissell; posted new photos and tribute page for Jim Kissick authored by Bob Wynn; increased Fallen Eagles listing from 3 to 4 pages Memories/Emblems: Posted 1957 patches from Denny Arnold - T1 Patch, Nippon Beer Patch, T1 Zoom Service Patch Memories/Documents: Included 1953 Misawa Golf Course Scorecard BX Page: Posted link to USAirCombat.com, an online store offering custom license plates and frames, hosted by ex AF pilot Dave Heffernan. 04/28/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added William Allen, Wilbur Aubrey, Walter Pleger, Ronald Pyszel, and Robert Roe; posted new photo for Hermes Borja. 04/23/2006 Fallen Eagles: Included Ronnie Hutchason, Jim Kissick, and Gilbert Rawlston. Standardized email logos and copyright notices. Maps: Added current points of interest map of Misawa City. 04/17/2006 Home page: Posted scrolling notice and logo providing info on June's T1 Reunion in Minnesota. 04/16/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Edward Leeworthy and Robert Lehtonen. Maps: Included Misawa Security Hill map per Google. 04/12/2006 Home page: Installed new Google-powered search engine. 04/09/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Doug Bowe, John Clapp, Billy Joe Disbennett, Rudolph Rockwell, Robert Utt, and Garth Wilson. Memories/Emblems: Posted Steve Kelly's Sapporo Beer "Breakfast of Champions" patch from 1961. Memories/Collectibles: Included JN Young's rare 50-Sen note from 1944. 03/31/2006 Fallen Eagles: Included Wayne Diussa, Louie Kanoho, Clyde Okura, and Del Stearns. Memories/Emblems: Added John Alvey's Sapporo Beer "Breakfast of Champions" patch, 3 Dueces and CS Formula patches from 1966. 03/24/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Dennis Kostanski along with a tribute page by his friend, Larry Maakestad; posted Lt.Col. Nicholas Niezek. Maps: Included Misawa AB map per Google. 03/13/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Bill McCreery and Denny Rissland per info from David Stowe. 03/20/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Charlie Hale; added new photos of Bill McCreery, Denny Rissland, and Harry Wilson. 03/13/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Bill McCreery and Denny Rissland per info from David Stowe. 03/12/2006 Memories/Collectibles: Added Mike Turner's Asahi Beer and Mitsuya Cider openers from 1968; Bob Mason's 6989th RSM Ashtray; Two 1970 Japanese Dolls from George T. Logan, Jr.; 1974 Tokyo Tower Key Chain from Tom "Grizz" Ochsner; Marv Schroeder's 1959 Ornamental Pipe. Memories/Misawa Matches Page: George Raymer's Collection from the early 1970's 03/11/2006 Fallen Eagles: Included John Avritt, Donald Bjorseth, Robert Dearborn, Bruce Everhart, Rickey Gilchrist, and John Pap; posted new photo of Mitchell Nutter. Memories/Stories: Added RC Cooper's tale, "The Misawa Magnet". 02/26/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Joe Tafolla; included new photos for Larry Lourenco and Cecil Smith. 02/24/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Tom Meins, Harold Tillman, and Steven Tullis; added new picture or John Resetar. Memories/Collectibles: Included 1970's items posted by Tom "Grizz" Ochsner: Sapporo church key, ginger jar, festival doll, cups from sumo match, and vase from glass factory; Included 3 recepts from Tijuana Pizza from 70's, a USAFSS E&I Team equipment sticker, and a 1974 Santana Tokyo Concert ticket. 02/20/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added photo and tribute page for Jack McDowell. 02/19/2006 Fallen Eagles: Included Cecil Smith; added new photos of Hank Krasusky, John Resetar, and Ben Respicio. 02/18/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Robert Massie, Thermon "Jack" McDowell, John Pacheco, and David Wilson; added new photo of Ben Respicio. 02/12/2006 Memories/Stories: Included Rocky Ferguson's tale, "Bullwinkle's Hat & Colonel Cook". 02/13/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added Don Fruits and Henry "Hank" Krasusky. Related Website Links: Included link to the 6933rd RGM website, Karamürsel Air Station. 02/12/2006 Memories/Stories: Posted Doug Lyon's Mad Stamper tale from the early 60's. 02/11/2006 Fallen Eagles: Included Norman Corbois, Loren "Andy" Hatlestad, Henry "Hank" Hemm, Larry Midulla, Benito "Ben" Respicio, and Alesander P.Roncari. Maps: Added Bob Fields' map of 511th AC&W detachments for Northern Japan. Memories/Documents: Posted 1963 motorcycle documents by Ron Kohlin. 01/26/2006 Memories/Collectibles: Relocated beer/wine labels/coasters from Emblems Page to Collectibles Page; Added Chip Yates' collection of collectibles, including Sapporo coaster, glassware from bars, and fishing floats from Misawa Beach. Included 1971 Operation Eyesight Ticket Stub from CQ Dudkiewicz. Memories/Documents: Added Chip Yates' collection of event tickets and receipts, Misawa bathhouse tickets, and Japanese business cards. Memories/Misawa Matches Page: Posted Chip Yates' collection of matchbooks from all over Japan, from Tokyo to Sapporo. Many are from Misawa and a few from the Alley - some are even exotic. Memories/Roll Calls: Added T4 roll call pic from 1970 and 3 new T2 roll call photos from 1969. 01/25/2006 Fallen Eagles: Added James Ali, John Canavan, David Czmowski, Joe Malkovich, and William "Harry" Neighbors; included new photos for Eugene Benevides, Al Brak, CK Davis, and Wayne Buchholz. Memories/Emblems: Included 1964 Multichannel Processing Activity Patch, T1 Patch 57-59, T4 Telethon Song Patch from 1969, and a new 1968 Earthquake Survivor Patch. 01/21/2006 About This Website Page: Revised Helen's Mission Statement. 01/17/2006 Veterans Page: Included profile for Bob Fields. 01/16/2006 Veterans Page: Posted Danny Russell's profile. 01/15/2006 Fallen Eagles: Posted Adolph Brak, Jim Grangruth, Milton Lacey, Jr., Bob Newenham, Alfred Terzotis, and John Tonaszuck. 01/04/2006 Fallen Eagles: Included Don Krugmire and Nathan Newhouse; added new pictures of Hermes Borja and Col. Harry Wilson. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted new T2 roll call picture from 1969. 01/02/2006 Home page: Added link to 2006 Colorado Springs Reunion page providing details on this June's reunion. 12/30/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added Jim Butler, John Clinemyer, Patrick Feehan, Aubrey Johnson, Thomas Kelly, and Gary Winters; posted new picture of Walt Dehart. Memories/Emblems: Included Navy Patches from 1968: NSG Hat Patch and Misawa Powerboat Patrol Patch. 12/16/2005 Home page: Altered the notification criteria for vets to contact Helen. 11/29/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added Walt Dehart, Lawrence Kurschinski, Burton Tienken, and Norman "Wally" Walecka. 11/08/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added Bill Blakely, Jack Cameron SR., Bill Copas, Bill Harwood, Larry Hensley, Col. Arthur Justice Jr., Mitchell Nutter, Charles Purcell, Ray Roberts and Jim Sisson; posted new photos for Ed Erkinger, TJ Hanley III and Col. Leonard Legge. Memories/Emblems: Included T2 patch from 198x; added T2 Block 5 patch; patches for Pistol Club (1960) and R/C Club. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted 2 new roll calls for T3: 1971 and 1972. Memories/Misawaese: Documented "blue goose" and "smoker". BX Page: included link to Fred Founteno's new Dusty Trails Glass Etching, a source of USAFSS-branded shot glasses, coffee mugs, and other glass products. 05/08/2005 Fallen Eagles: Posted William Robbins per BJ Cook. 04/26/2005 Fallen Eagles: New photos of Stu Koch and Arlin Young. Memories/Documents: Added Ed Benningfield's MATS Boarding Pass and Flying Tiger Boarding Ticket from 1965. 04/19/2005 Fallen Eagles: Posted Ralph Beeson, Stu Koch, and Luther Young. 03/31/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added William "Bill" Case, Neil "Smitty" Smith, Hermes Borja and Victor "Chat" Chatlos; Finally able to include a photo of Colonel Edgren, thanks to the tireless efforts of BJ Cook; Posted 3 new pictures of Richard Baker from Frank Bergin; included new photo of Mitch Grow. Maps: Map of bases in 1962 Japan + improved versions of 6921st and 6986th area maps provided by Steve Voss; Map of 1967 Japan from Ed Benningfield's post. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted 1958 T4 picture from Joe Jones; 1968 T3 Picture from Ray Ivey. Memories/Commanders: Item #5 changed from 6921st RGM to 6921st RSM per Jim Clark's sharp eye and functioning memory. 03/09/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added Issac Young and Dick Brown; posted new photos of Benny Benevides and Gary Simerly. Memories/Emblems: Designer of 1968 T2 patch identified as Johnnie Maya; added Phil Symmonds' 75-78 Baker Bears patch; included Stan Morris' 1959 T3 Roll Callers patch; posted 4 new rod & gun patches from late 50's from Stan Morris. Memories/Collectibles: Added chopstick paper from 1970's Old Miyaki's Restaurant and chopsticks from the Royal Restaurant in Misawa, gratis Ed Benningfield. Memories/Documents: Included Al Foster's 1965 Commander's Citation presented to Yellow Jackets Band in recognition of their goodwill trip to Sendai. Memories/Misawa Matches page: Added matchbox from Bar Tsubaki in Misawa, contributed by CQ Dudkiewicz. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted 3 new T3 roll photos from 1960 submitted by Tom "Ike" Isaacs; Stan Morris provides the oldest yet known roll call picture for T3 from 1958. BX Page: included Chief Babb's latest endeavor, "North of Knoxville - South of Atlanta". 02/20/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added Arlin Young who died in 1985. Maps: Included a Hirosaki Tourist Map from 1976. Memories/Emblems: Added a 6920th ESG patch from unknown era. 02/09/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added 1965 photo of Mitch Grow 02/08/2005 Fallen Eagles: Added new 1970 photos of Grant Barrus gratis Belva Hoffman Barrus; Included Joe Dean's photo thanks to Gene Frasur; added 1964 photo of Mitch Grow provided by Al Foster. Memories/Emblems: Added T4 patch for unknown era (found on eBay). Memories/Collectibles: Posted Ed Benningfield's 1970's Japanese coins. 01/07/2005 Fallen Eagles: Included Samuel K. Ard and Grant "Sully" Barrus. Fallen Eagles: Due to growing volume, split this into 3 separate pages to enhance response. Home page: Posted link to Chattanooga Reunion Information page and added notice to scrolling news. 12/29/2004 Fallen Eagles: Posted new photo of Terry Newstrom contributed by Mike Walker; posted new photo of Larry Lourenco. Related Website Links: Added status monitor to each related link. 12/28/2004 Home page: Included realtime status monitor indicating availability of www.usafssinmisawa.org website. 12/27/2004 Fallen Eagles: Included Michael "Mick" Inman as documented by Stan Morris and Lowell Estep. Memories/Collectibles: Added ¥1,000 and ¥500 notes from Gary Schenauer. Memories/Misawaese: Documented "Hawk" and "more better". 12/12/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added John Durner, Jim Fetzner, Ray Hildenbrand, & Steve Slor; included new photos for Glen Haynes and Winston Ezell. Memories/Collectibles: Included 1960 Hokkaido Bear carving. 11/29/2004 Memories/Emblems: Included John Ferguson's Akadama Wine label. Memories/Misawa Matches page: Added John Ferguson's '56 matchbox collection. 11/27/2004 Fallen Eagles: Included new photo for Ray Baluh. Memories/Stories: Added Don Howard's heart-warming tale of the Prince Bar. 11/26/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Lou Anglin; added photo and date for Glen Haynes. Memories/Misawa Matches page: Added 2 new match boxes from C.Q. Dudkiewicz. 11/17/2004 Veterans Page: Posted Jim Clark's profile. BX Page: Added link to Larry Roberts' USAFSS Store site. 11/08/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Roger Basham (per Richard Cooper) and Glen Haynes (per Jim Clark); added photos for Gary Simerly and Robert Molstad. Memories/Roll Calls: Added new roll call pics for 1959 (T2) and 1970 (T3). 11/01/2004 Fallen Eagles: Included Joseph Wheat. Memories/Roll Calls: Posted three T1 roll call pics from 1955 and 1956, provided by Jim Clark. These are the earliest known Misawa Roll Call photos in captivity! 10/24/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Gilbert Domingue. Corrected spelling of Larry Benkovich's last name at Wayne Babb's request. Base Locator: Fixed logic bug detected by Royce Lloyd. 10/08/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added photo for Tom Sellers (courtesy BJ Cook), Ron Myott, and two of Tom Sale. Also included 3 new photos of Tom Mitchell. 09/25/2004 BX Page: Implemented PayPal payment for many items. 09/22/2004 Fallen Eagles: Corrected tour dates for Larry Alire (thanks to Duane Bushway). BX Page: Posted SKIVVY NINE! book. Memories/Misawaese: Included term "skate" per Wayne Babb's suggestion. 09/20/2004 Memories/Emblems: Added Misawa Golf Course Patch from 1974 (per Jodie Cotten). 09/18/2004 Fallen Eagles: Included photos of Larry Alire submitted by Consuelo Almeida. Maps: Added Misawa AB Gossmer Memorial Golf Course map from Steve Voss. Memories/Emblems: Included 2 new trick patches for the late 80's for T1 and T4. 09/17/2004 Fallen Eagles: Included Larry Alire and Tom Sellers, both recently deceased. Added a 1972 photo for Chuck Wellner. Maps: Introduced new section containing related maps. 09/09/2004 Related Website Links: Included 6913th RSM Site, Bremerhaven, Germany. 09/09/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Bob Golden, included new photos of Tom Mitchell and Wayne Buchholtz. Memories/Documents: Added 1990's Gig Slip. 09/02/2004 BX Page: Added Jim Kaus' online workshop. 08/14/2004 Memories/Roll Calls: Added new T3 Roll Call pic from October 1961 forwarded by Bob Thom. 08/07/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Webster Hunt and a photo of Major Worthen (thanks to BJ Cook). 07/23/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Brenton Campbell; photo of Ray Simons gratis BJ Cook. Memories/Stories: Added Don Thomas' story about the fate of his Misawa Honda. Memories/Documents: Added Pat Johnston's Gig Slip; Terry Dobrilovic's Basic Status Card; John Ferguson's Thanksgiving & Christmas mess hall menus from 1955. 07/09/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added William H. Madole, Thomas A. Mitchell, Terry L. Newstrom, and James S. Novy. Memories/Emblems: Added 1979 Sapporo Label. Memories/Collectibles: Added 2 sets of Nikka Bears; Y100 and Y1000 notes. Memories/Documents: Added Sapporo Bier Garten Flyer and maps for Misawa City and Lake Towada. 06/28/2004 Home page: Posted notification of 1st RSM's Sixth Annual Reunion. 06/20/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added a tribute page for Larry Benkovich at Wayne Babb's request. Also added David Benningfield and John Mankovich. 06/19/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Wayne "Buck" Buchholz, Joe Dean, and Charles "Chuck" Dugger. 06/07/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Bill Osborne, Wayne Buchholz, William Garry, and Byron Worthen. Memories/Roll Calls: Added another Sam Challis' new T3 Roll Call photo from 1970. 06/06/2004 Reunions: Documented 2nd National Reunion held in Las Vegas 05/31/2004 BX Page: Added Jim Kaus' Trick Caps. 05/26/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Harry Jablon & Dick Baker; included photo of Larry Stein and 2 new photos of Art Umscheid (thanks to son, Eric). Memories/Roll Calls: Added Sam Challis' new T3 Roll Call photo from 1970. Memories/Misawa Matches page: Added C.Q. Dudkiewicz's matches. BX Page: Added Jim Kaus' Misawans in America Balep and changed mailing address. 05/09/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Mike Ruffing, Richard Wulff & William Graham; added photo of Bob Powell. 04/10/2004 Memories/Roll Calls: New T2 Rolnatomically correct" Hachinohe Horse submitted by Steve Kelly. 04/08/2004 Memories/Roll Calls: Added Buster Donahue's T3 roll call picture from 1968. Memories/Stories: Inserted photo of Hoosier Hillbilly, Arlan Young. Memories/Collectibles: Added 1957 Enlisted Beverage Ratio Card submitted by John Ferguson 04/01/2004 Memories/Collectibles: Included an "anatomically correct" Hachinohe Horse submitted by Steve Kelly. 03/20/2004 Memories/Roll Calls: Added Buster Donahue's T3 roll call picture from 1968. 03/18/2004 Homepage: Added a realtime countdown timer to 1600 hours Pacific Time on the 8th of October, 2004 - My moment of retirement. 03/05/2004 Homepage: Added links to info page for Las Vegas Reunion Reunions: Documented St. Augustine 2004 Mini-reunion Memories/Roll Calls: Added 1961 roll call pic for T3 from CJ Fuller Memories/Collectibles: Added 6989th ashtray courtesy of Steve Kelly, 61-64 BX Page: Added Tom Roach's "Hobbyist's Guide to COMINT Collection and Analysis" book 02/15/2004 Homepage: Added links to info page for Las Vegas Reunion Fallen Eagles: Added Stephen "Gabby" Seymour, per Sam Challis. Also added Victor Battaglio per Stan Morris. Added new photo of Russ Tranbarger, forwarded by Ben Whitten, and new photos of Ron Bartlett, Cornelius Depuy, Francis Harp, and Lou Wright from Stan Morris. os of C.K. Davis, Sam Greene, and Dean Welch. Also added a new photo of Gary Hutchins and corrected his date of passing as 1996 rather than 1993 - thanks to daughter Joelle Pederson. Memories/Emblems: Added Misdomain name continue to autoforward to usafssmisawa.com. There were tons of details that needed changing, so please let me know if you find any anomalies that need attending to. 02/05/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added Eugene "Benny" Benevides, Don Gross, Bill Keith, Franklyn Mills, and new photos of C.K. Davis, Sam Greene, and Dean Welch. Also added a new photo of Gary Hutchins and corrected his date of passing as 1996 rather than 1993 - thanks to daughter Joelle Pederson. Memories/Emblems: Added Misdomain names rcycle Club & MCFAJ patches, both from 1963 per Hal Zoll. Memories/Collectibles: Added Misawa Misawa Commanders Coin - date unknown. Memories/Dox: Jim Boone submitted his liquor permit from 1961, and a 1952 Customs Tag from Ralph Pittenger. Memories/R>Memories/Dox: Added a payment receipt from 1963 when JN Young purchased his first stereo in the machi. Memories/Misawaese: Added term "day whore" per Harry Larrabee. 01/24/2004 Veterans Page: New entry added for an old friend, Jim Boone, who served in Misawa 58-61. 01/23/2004 Fallen Eagles: Introduced new picture of Dean Welch from 1969; provided by Wayne Babb. Memories/Dox: Added a payment receipt from 1963 when JN Young purchased his first stereo in the machi. Memories/Misawaese: Added term "day whore" per Harry Larrabee. 01/13/2004 Fallen Eagles: Added 2 new pictures of Sam Green, thanks to BJ Cook and Ben Whitten. 01/10/2004 Fallen Eagles: Included 1960 picture of Hugh Sherburn; added Dennis Kostanski and B.J. Lyden. Memories/Emblems: Added 6921st SW Day Ladies patch, either 62-70 or 72-76. Memories/Misawaese: Added the acronym GPS, contributed by David Millican who served with the 301st IS from '99 to '01. 12/13/2003 Fallen Eagles/Matejov Tribute: Corrected errors in TEW and SS designations reported by J.C. Wheeler, President, EC-47 Association. Thanks, J.C. 12/12/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Keith Francis. 11/25/2003 Fallen Eagles: Happy to remove Farrell T. Stewart from this page - Helen found him alive and well! BX Page: Added Tom Roach's "Cold War Memories of Japan" CD-ROM 11/25/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Richard H. Keeling 11/17/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added William D. Moyers, Lou King, & Curly DuPey, Jr. 11/11/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added photo of Doc Duffy; corrected spelling of Ray Baluh's last name. 11/10/2003 Memories/Stories: Added Jack McCombs account documenting his participation in a Misawa Sumo tournament in 1966! Pictures included. 11/07/2003 Memories/Emblems: Added T2 patch spanning 1970-1972. 11/02/2003 Memories/Rollcalls: Added new T4 Roll Call picture from December of 1970, contributed by Jimmy Cockrum. 10/27/2003 Memories/Dox: Added Bill Kull's cover/back page of "When We Get Back Home" book by Hume, companion to "Baby San". 10/21/2003 Memories/Emblems: Added 2 patches contributed by Steve "Garfunkel" Harris - 1973 T3 Patch and Thirsty 13 Patch from 1973. 10/18/2003 Global Search Function: Excluded Guestbook from scan to keep email addresses secure. 10/17/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added 1979 photo of Ron Davey. Global Search Function: Repaired after failure due to recent server crash. 10/15/2003 Memories/Emblems: Added 2 patches contributed by Robert Gean from 1955 that are true keepsakes. The first is a T1 "Bird Watchers" patch, and the story that goes with it may just define the origin of AP Alley Roll Calls! The second is the only Misawa Casual Status patch that I've ever known to exist. Check 'em out. 10/14/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added 1960 picture of Ron Davey. 10/12/2003 Webhost server crashes/server reconfigured/drive data restored. Site Search feature no longer functions correctly. 10/01/2003 Reunions: Documented FTVA 2003 in San Antonio with latest pictures. 09/13/2003 Fallen Eagles: Updated information on John Mueller, thanks to David Miller. Website Links: Added link to H.R. "Sam" Snead's Air Force Travels. 09/12/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Thomas Chevallier, Kenneth Eaton, Jim Duncan, Robert Ellis, John Mueller, Jim Hampton, Hubert Harden, Jim Henry, Arthur Knight, Ed Lewandowski, John Pacheco, Ken Rowley, Cranford St. Augustine, and Perry Thomas. 09/03/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Elmore Hall (KIA) and James DiFederico. Memories/Collectibles: Added Photo Album, Figurines, and Sayonara Cup. 07/31/2003 Fallen Eagles: Corrected spelling of Hiskell V. Hill (thanks to Dann Hamilton). Memories/Collectibles: Added Wake Island money clip, Japanese porcelain pieces and Japanese picture album. 07/27/2003 Reunions/Biloxi: Changed all references from Debby Comstock to Debbi Hill (sorry 'bout that!). 07/24/2003 Memories/Rollcalls: Added T1 rollcall pic from Sept. 1968. 07/23/2003 Homepage: Converted all contacts to forms, no longer revealing email addresses. Veterans Page: Converted all contacts to forms, no longer revealing email addresses. BX Page: Converted all contacts to forms, no longer revealing email addresses. 07/21/2003 Homepage: Added SITE SEARCH function. 07/16/2003 Memories/Stories: Added 3 new stories. 07/12/2003 Redesigned navigational bar for all pages. Fallen Eagles: Added Fred George and Tony Christopher. Memories/Stories: Added Misawa Stories as a new area. Memories/Collectibles: Added several Japanese Dolls. Moved Related Website Links off of homepage and onto its own page accessible from the sidebar menu. 07/09/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Tom Nicoloff and Hugh Nolan; 2 new photos of Gary Hutchins. Memories/Roll Calls: Added T1 roll call pic from 1964. Memories/Misawaese: Updated with "PCOD", "denki", and to be "shot down". 07/06/2003 Reunions/San Antonio: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. Reunions/Florida: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. Reunions/Mid-Atlantic: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. 07/05/2003 Memories/Collectibles: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. Memories/Documents: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. BX Page: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. 07/04/2003 Memories/Matchboxes: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. Memories/Matchboxes: Added 13 sheets of match boxes courtesy of Ben Hendrix (acquired from Marv Borgman during Biloxi Raffle). 07/03/2003 Memories/Emblems: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. 07/02/2003 All .php pages revised to dynamically construct all headings. 07/01/2003 All .php pages revised to support global application variables. All top level pages revised to dynamically construct navbars. 06/28/2003 Fallen Eagles: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. Reunions/Biloxi: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. 06/27/2003 Home page: Added www.dliflc.org to related links list. Memories/Roll Calls: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. Veterans Page: Introduced thumbnails to page for better performance. 06/25/2003 BX Page: Posted price increase for USAFSS patches. 06/22/2003 Home page: Added Reunion Notice for 511th AC&W Group. Fallen Eagles: Added Pete Waters, Bob Adamina, and Art Brannan. Memories/Emblems: Added new USAFSS patch + AFIC and AIC emblems. Memories/Collectibles: Added trio of 1974 yen notes. Memories/Misawaese: added 'chotto matte paper', woofing, and more T1 jargon (special thanks to Jack Brannin). 06/21/2003 All former links to usafss.4t.com now auto-forward to corresponding www.usafssmisawa.com page. Home page: Changed all links to spawn new window, and updated links to AIA. 06/18/2003 Ported this site from freeservers.com to linksky.com using our newly registered domain www.usafssmisawa.com . Implemented new guestbook software, converting all old guestbook entries manually. All former webhost sites now autoforward to our new URL. Home page: Added a LinkSky Affiliates Button Veterans Page: Removed all email addresses from profiles. 06/14/2003 Ported current version of USAFSS Misawa Family website from usafss.4t.com to www.usafssmisawa.com and placed a forward pointer at the old URL. The new webhost offers some advantages over the old one and about the same cost. 06/08/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Chuck Spradley, Bob Humble, Butch Waite. Reunion/San Antonio page: miscellaneous corrections. BX Page: miscellaneous corrections. Memories/Emblems: Added several T2 patches; Daze patches. 05/27/2003 Reunion/Biloxi page: Added new pics. 05/26/2003 Reunion page: Documented 2003 Biloxi Reunion with photos. 05/23/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Hector Quintanilla, Bob Cline, William Barnhart and Charlie Doster; added pictures of Willie Stacks, Richard Hallinan and Tom Sale. Memories/Emblems: Added 100 Mission Alley patch and Misawa Hawaii Club patches. BX Page: Added new USAFSS patches for sale through Mike Miller! 05/03/2003 Memories/Emblems: Changed T2 Patch coverage from 68-70 to 68-73. Memories/Roll Calls: Added Spring 1967 T2 Mini Roll Call, and July 1973 T2 Roll Call. 03/31/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Nicholas Obzut, Fred Sweetman, Bennie Baucum, Tom Vogt, Haskell Hill. Memories/Emblems: Added USAFSS Beaver Pin, T2 Triple Crown Patch 71-72, 70's T2 Patch. Memories/Roll Calls: added July 1959 for T4. 03/16/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Richard Dixon. Memories/Emblems: Added T2 patch from 1973. Memories/Roll Calls: Added oldest known T3 Roll Call pic from 1959. Veterans Page: Revised Joe Finley's profile. 03/15/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Francis "Hank" Harp. Memories/Roll Calls: added 1960 Roll Call picture for T3 and early 73 for T2. 03/10/2003 Veterans Page: Joe Finley's profile posted. 03/09/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Johnnie Martin. Updated Biloxi Reunion information page. Memories/Roll Calls: added several new T4 pics from 1957/1958. 02/22/2003 Fallen Eagles: Updated information for Roy Kent and Willie Stacks. Pulled Mid-Atlantic reunion poster from home page. Reunions: Continued documenting Washington DC 2003 reunion. Updated Biloxi Reunion information page. 02/21/2003 Reunions: Documented Washington DC 2003 reunion. Memories/Emblems: Added John Young's Trick 2 patch from 1962. 02/15/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added photos of Larry Lourenco and Bill Hanna. Memories/Collectibles: Included George Hennis' MPC dime and nickels. Memories/Commanders: Corrected turnover date for Col. Saitta per info from Kim Swearingen. 02/09/2003 Veterans Page: Added profile for Royce Lloyd. 02/04/2003 Home page: Included link for USAF Email Locator site. Memories/Emblems: added T1 Article 15 Patch from 1966. Memories/Roll Calls: added many new pics including T4 Roll Call picture from July 1958 (oldest known roll call photo). Memories/Documents: Added Class IV Op Card. 02/03/2003 Navigation Bar: changed "San Antonio 2002" to "Reunions". Reunions: Documented FTVA 2002 & Florida 2003, and prepared for Washington DC 2003 reunion. 02/01/2003 Homepage: Added details on Bixoli Reunion. 01/27/2003 Homepage: Pulled Florida MiniReunion Notice. Memories/Emblems: added T4 Patch from 1959. Memories/Collectibles: Included old Airmen's Club Penguin Lighter. 01/19/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Perry Thomas; added info on Jim Stehle. Homepage: Added notice for 2003 National Reunion in Biloxi. 01/17/2003 Homepage: Added notice regarding Mid-Atlantic 2003 MiniReunion. 01/15/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Col. Chuck Beatie. Memories/Emblems: added Misawa Teen and Youth patches. Memories/Roll Calls: Added new T4 Mini Roll Call picture from 1958. Memories/Misawaese: added 'gig' & updated 'kilt'. 01/12/2003 Homepage: Add notice regarding St. Augustine 2003 MiniReunion. 01/10/2003 Fallen Eagles: Added Wm. Hardin, Ron Myott, Mitch Grow, Larry Lourenco, Dick Hallinan. Memories/Emblems page: added 2 new T2 patchs. 12/19/2002 Homepage: Re-activate Heritage Hall link. Fallen Eagles: Added 2 pictures of Larry Benkovich. Memories/Matchboxes: Added to Marv Borgman's collection. 12/04/2002 Veterans Page: Added profile for BJ Cook. 11/27/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added entry for Don Pettyjohn. Misawa 2002/Security Hill: included Gene Tate's 1960 map of the Hill. Memories/Dox: added 1961 MAB Welcome Booklet & Standby Inspection Notice. Memories/Collectibles: added Doc Dunn's Rocker Club Lighter. Memories/Misawaese: added 'chimpo' definition. 11/24/2002 Veterans Page: Added profile for Helen Henderson. 11/22/2002 Veterans Page: Added profile for Jim Kaus. 11/18/2002 Misawa 2002/Security Hill: Added John Page's comment to Old Barracks photo. Memories/Documents: Added docs from Gene Tate and Bill Doolittle. Memories/Matchboxes: Put Grizz's matchbox collection online. 11/15/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added Charles W. Timmons. Memories/Documents: Added Lloyds medley of ID cards and Gene Tate's Omisawa Theater notice. 11/14/2002 Introduced new "BX" area to promote USAFSS products. Home page: Added a second scrolling window for news. Memories/Misawaese: Added chevrons and updated definition for IHTFP. Memories/Collectibles: Added lighters from Airman's Club/Rocker Club. 11/13/2002 Modified all pages so that shields and "Misawa Family" header always hotlinks back to home page. 11/07/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added entry for Denise Bonaventura. 11/04/2002 Veterans Page: Added profile for Ben Whitten. 11/03/2002 Home page: Added link for www.usafssinmisawa.org. About This Website page: Entered links for www.usafssinmisawa.org. Veterans Page: Added profile for Wayne Babb. 11/02/2002 Veterans Page: Added profiles for Frank Bergin and Mike McDonald, and revised page layout. 11/01/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added Robert Edgren. Memories/Misawaese page: Added definition of "jib wrench". Memories/Documents page: Added Gene Tate's Alley Bar list. Converted webmaster email to admin@usafssmisawa.com. 10/29/2002 Veterans Page: Added Bill Doolittle's profile. 10/28/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added Bill "Grunts" Clark. Veterans Page: Added Jodie Cotten's profile. 10/26/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added General Heatherington; new picture for Ken Bausell. Memories/Collectibles page: Added backs of Static club coins specifying Tricks. Memories/Collectibles page: Added 2002 Heritage Hall Commemorative Coin. Misawa/Heritage Hall page: Improved Heritage Hall coin photos. Memories/Documents page: Added a number of new documents, including Code of Conduct. Memories/Emblems page: Added T1 Football Championship patch for 1967. 10/25/2002 Veterans Page: Added Lloyd Smrkovski's profile. 10/23/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added alpha indexing function. 10/23/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added 1956 photo of Sam Green. Added newly created Veterans page profiling George Binkley. San Antonio 2002 page: Published Bill Doolittle's San Antonio report. 10/21/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added William Johnston, Terry Kemp, Roy Kent, Bill Miller, Thomas Ross, Larry Stevens, Art Umscheid per BJ's information. 10/19/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added Lou Wright and Frank Schaal. Memories/Roll Calls page: Added new T2 Roll Call picture from 1960. 10/14/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added Art Bissell, Jim Brady, Robert Wallace. Memories/Documents page: Added George Hennis' Beverage Ration Book. Memories/Misawa Matches page: Added 4 entries from the Borgman Collection. Memories/Misawa Matches page: Converted all photos to expand to original size when selected. 10/11/2002 Memories/Machi Matches page: Added 2 new matchbox covers owned by Dave "CQ" Dudkiewicz. Memories/Misawaese page: Added definition for "chi chi". 10/10/2002 San Antonio 2002 page: Published Wayne Babb's San Antonio report. Memories/Roll Calls page: Added new 1963 T1 roll call photo. Memories/Emblems page: Added 6921st RGM unit patch. Memories/Emblems page: Added logos found in bars. Memories/Documents page: Added several documents from Andy Anderson. 10/06/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added Sam Green's photo. 10/01/2002 Memories/Emblems page: Added 2 new T2 patches. 09/30/2002 Memories/Emblems page: Added several new entries. Memories/Roll Calls page: Added several new entries. Memories/Documents page: Added several new entries. 09/29/2002 Updated Margaret Daberko's attendee narrative under San Antonio 2002. 09/28/2002 Homepage: Included coding to add this website to the USAFSS Network Ring of websites. This should increase exposure to locating potential members. 09/27/2002 Substituted a .gif header (provided by Marv Borgman) for the slower build-on-the-fly header for each page. 09/12/2002 Joe Matejov tribute page: Added comments from Joe's brother, Stephen; changed fonts for better legibility. Sandy's tribute page: Changed fonts for better legibility. Syntactical changes to Home, Memories, and Fallen Eagles pages. 09/10/2002 Homepage: Some visitors unable to play Silent Warriors poem. Changed method to spawning new window using autostart=true to initiate poem. Fallen Eagles page: Added pictures of Cols. Les Mellott and Tyler B. Huneycutt. 09/09/2002 Posted announcement on MyFamily, launching this site. 09/08/2002 Homepage: Added Russ's reading of Silent Warriors poem. Fallen Eagles page: Added picture of Jim Stehle. Memories: Added Misawa Commanders page. Memories/Misawaese page: No longer new window. Memories/Collectibles page: Added Misawa Challenge Coin. 09/07/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added picture of George Lundeen. Fallen Eagles page: Added Col. Thomas J. Hanley III. 09/06/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added picture of JT Heffernan. 09/05/2002 Homepage: Added scrolling site news banner. 09/04/2002 Fallen Eagles page: Added Gold Star Flags for Matejov and Sherburn. Fallen Eagles page: Added roses to select tribute pages. Fallen Eagles page: Added William Duffy. Guestbook: Documented limitation on comment length. 09/03/2002 Made format changes to Memories/Collectibles page. Made format changes to Memories/Documents page and added new documents. Made format changes to Memories/Emblems page and added emblem. Made format changes to Misawa/Heritage Hall page. Made format changes to Misawa/Off Base page. Made format changes to Misawa/Onbase page. Made format changes to Misawa/On Hill page. 09/02/2002 Made minor changes to "About this website" page. Reworked Memories/Emblems page to optionally view original size of photos. Reworked Memories/Collectibles page to optionally view original size of photos. 09/01/2002 Updated Fallen Eagles information/photos. Renamed "Artifacts" area to "Memories" Memories page: added Roll Calls as Documents as new categories. 08/31/2002 Artifacts/Emblems & Patches: Added Karen Rickenbach as designer for T3 Bicentennial Patch. 08/30/2002 Artifacts page: split matchbooks out of collectibles and gave them their own category. Added more items to Artifacts/Collectibles page. 08/27/2002 Added Misawa current weather link to homepage. Minor corrections to Matejov tribute page. Minor corrections to Emblems/Patches narrative/pictures. Added more pictures to Collectibles page. 08/25/2002 Added site change log. 08/24/2002 Added an Artifacts section to nav bar. Added Misawaese document to Artifacts. Added Emblems & Patches area to Artifacts. Added Collectibles area to Artifacts. 08/22/2002 Posted tribute page honoring Sgt. Joe Matejov who went down with Baron 52 in 1973. Updated Fallen Eagles page. 08/18/2002 Updated and reformatted Fallen Eagles page from one to two columns. Reformatted Sandy's tribute page with much additional information and photos. 08/08/2002 Added primative guestbook functionality to site. Added last-changed date to the bottom of each page. 08/05/2002 Added counter to bottom of homepage to report visitors. Removed mp3 download from homepage to improve performance. Reworked and reduced size of American Flag background for homepage, improving performance. Updated Fallen Eagles page. 08/01/2002 Added selected USAFSS links to homepage. Added 51 photos of current (2002) pictures in and around Misawa to the Misawa 2002 segment of the site. Updated Fallen Eagles page. Moved Sandy's tribute page off nav bar; made it (and all futures) a link off his picture on Fallen Eagles page. 07/27/2002 Relocated website to usafss.4t.com - far better performance. Added About This Website information. Added About the Poem Silent Warriors information. 07/17/2002 Revised entire website design to more closely match that of MyFamily.com (since this is to be an "extension" to that site). Added navigation bars top and bottom. Framed all table data. Relocated control for music to U-R corner of each page. 07/14/2002 Added a separate page containing the list of Fallen Eagles based upon information from Helen Henderson. Updated information on Sandy Sanderson's tribute page. Added Margaret Deberko Ganter's pilot page for Misawa 2002. 07/11/2002 USAFSS Misawa Family website first launched using freewebs.com as web host. No cost and banner-free, but poor performance. Russ Butcher's poem, "Silent Warriors", selected as homepage centerpiece.   trw/2002-2006