While here they played, as a team, other slow pitch softball teams, and visited local schools. Allison also spoke at an Air Force Association dinner.ġ4 November 1983 - Members of the cast and crew of the television series "Happy Days" visited Okinawa. The players included: Rocky Blier and Ray Mansfield (Steelers), Carl Eller (Vikings), Tom Mack (LA Rams), and Ahmad Rashad (Bills).Ģ8 November 1975 - Singer Ray Charles visited Okinawa for shows to entertain the troops stationed on various bases throughout the island.Ĥ February 1983 - Bobby Allison, the 1982 Daytona 500-mile race winner, visited Kadena Air Base and received a backseat ride in an F-15D. Jethro Pugh, Rayfield Wright, and Pat Toomay (members of the Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys) toured Kadena AB.ĩ March 1975 - Five National Football League players visited the Okinawa City United States Organization office. The two men departed for Cape Kennedy in Florida the next day.ģ1 December 1966 - Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and highest Catholic prelate, visited Kadena Air Base.ġ9 January 1969 - Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins visited Kadena Air Base as part of a United States Organization All-Star tour.Ģ4 January 1969 - National Football League players Joe Namath (Jets), Dan Reeves (Cowboys), and Pat Summerall (Giants), visited Kadena Air Base.ĥ October 1969 - The famous singing group "The Kingston Trio" performed for the members of Kadena Air Base.ġ3 December 1969 - Senator Barry Goldwater received an amateur radio license while visiting Kadena Air Base.ġ1 January 1972 - Evangelistic singer Andrae Crouch performed on Kadena Air Base during a spiritual renewal week. Gemini 8 astronauts, Neil Armstrong and David Scott left Kadena Air Base following the emergency landing of their space capsule. The 15 member all-female group played a variety of lively music and popular Broadway hits. Raymond Burr, alias "Perry Mason" visited with the troops assigned to Kume, Okino, and Yoza Dake Air Station's in the Ryukyu Islands.ġ7 August 1965 - The "Texas Showdown Review" performed on Okinawa. The instructors were Bobby Doerr, Dave Ferris, and Ken Burkhart, all from the Boston Red Sox.ģ January 1964 - Mr. Douglas, Secretary of the Air Force, arrived on Kadena Air Base for a tour of Air Force units on Okinawa.Ĩ April 1961 - Comedian Walter Craig, known as Hollywood's "Man with a Thousand Faces," performed on Okinawa.ġ8 February 1963 - A trio of major league instructors conducted a baseball clinic on Kadena Air Base. The Shah of Iran visited the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing at Naha Air Base. The following list provides some of the highlights for the members of the Kadena team stationed on Okinawa.ġ8 November 1955 - New York Yankee manager Casey Stengel arrived on Kadena Air Base to deliver baseball pointers.ġ2 December 1957 - Comedian Bob Hope and entertainer Jayne Mansfield arrived on Okinawa for his big Christmas Unit States Organization television show. Throughout the years, Okinawa and Kadena Air Base hosted many special military and civilian visitors.
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