Scenes on and around Wakkanai Air Station - October 1955 to August 1956

My second assignment with USAF
Security Service (USAFSS), Japan
by Paul Duplessis

Special project by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC)
at sea level. Photo taken from the hilltop in Nov 1955

Det 18, 848th Aircraft Control & Warning (AC&W) Squadron.
Det 2 was a tenant organization at Wakkanai Air Station.
Photo was taken looking to the east from our BOQ building.

Counter Intelligence Corps building, a classified tenant organization
at Wakkanai Air Station.

Entrance to Det 2's Orderly Room. Ethyl glycol
was added to water to prevent freezing

Det 2's Supply Building

Entrance to one of many walkways connecting
various Det 2 offices - Mar 1956

Approximately 8 feet of snow next to the 10 foot security fence
surrounding Det 2's operations building

Det 2's motor pool area. Snow shoveling was limited to essential areas.
Notice the walk path used to get from building to building. Snow weasels
were the primary means of raveling on roads.

French mission house not far from the Wakkanai AS main gate.

This house was built to the minimum Japanese standards to meet
Wakkanai's severe winter weather conditions. Straw and hay was strung
along the exterior of the house to help insulate the occupants from
the wind and snow.

Click here to learn more about the charitable support
that Capt Spolarich and I provided this mission.

Click here for photos of Det 2,
6921st personnel at Wakkanai AS