3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946

PAGE 1 CAMP EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATIONS

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.

Views of the main camp which was at or near Kadena Air Field. Quonset huts and other buildings and tents around the camp, some of their equipment and pictures of some of the fuel storage tanks and pipelines that they installed.

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3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946

PAGE 2 TANK CONSTRUCTION AND MEN OF THE UNIT

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.

Photos of how they constructed a fuel storage tank, and men that were in the unit.

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3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946

PAGE 3 VARIOUS MILITARY RELATED SCENES AROUND OKINAWA

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.

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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.

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3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946

PAGE 5 SCENES AROUND OKINAWA

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.

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3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946

PAGE 6 SCENES AROUND OKINAWA

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.

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3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946

PAGE 7 SCENES AROUND OKINAWA

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.

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3182ND ENGINEER PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION CO.
OKINAWA 1945-1946

PAGE 8 TITLED PHOTOS OF OKINAWA

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.

Most unit PX's had photos available to GIs that did not have a camera or the time to travel around Okinawa taking pictures. These are typical photos of Okinawa that were purchased at one of the unit PX's.

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