Our "New Life" in Awase -1973

I had been assigned to Kadena Air Base and reported in October of 1972. Debb, pregnant with our first son, joined me on island in January 1973. I had an apartment in Koza (Okinawa City) – the Nakasone Apartments, across from the police station on Rte 20 just east of Goya 4-Corners. We quickly moved out of that shoe box and into a house in Awase. A-305 was the address.
Here is where our new life began.
By the way, toward the end there’s a photo with a caption that refers to the “Saigon elephant”. WRONG! That was a “Taiwan elephant”. The Saigon elephants were nowhere near as elaborately painted, were larger, bulkier and had a coarser finish.