3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946
PAGE 4 OKINAWANS AT WORK AT OR NEAR THE CAMP
The 3182nd was tasked with the construction of petroleum distribution systems, storage tanks, pipelines and pumping stations around Okinawa for aviation gas and fuel for military use.
Okinawans at work around the camp including both domestic work and machine shop work. Working in the fields planting and harvesting crops.
The 3182nd was tasked with the construction of petroleum distribution systems, storage tanks, pipelines and pumping stations around Okinawa for aviation gas and fuel for military use.
Scenes of Okinawa including tanks, and guns used during the battle for Okinawa, Okinawan shrines, battle damage at Naha, Futenma Shrine, Naminoue Shrine, museum at Higa Onna set up by the US military government to show items of the Okinawa culture salvaged from the war. Naha harbor and port and Suicide Cliff.
The 3182nd was tasked with the construction of petroleum distribution systems, storage tanks, pipelines and pumping stations around Okinawa for aviation gas and fuel for military use.
General MacArthur and his plane the Bataan, he was on Okinawa 28 August 1945 on his way to Tokyo for the signing of the surrender documents ending WWII.
Various planes and sights around Okinawa including Yomitan Air Field, Futenma and Yonabaru.
8th Air Force HQ at Kadena Air Field and the Baka Bomb on display at 8th AF HQ.
