OtherUS Marines In Okinawa
Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.
HISTORICAL NOTE
MCB Camp S. D. Butler located 300 miles due south of mainland Japan on the island of Okinawa. Perhaps the most unique characteristic about Okinawa is that unlike most duty stations, MCB Camp Butler is physically separated throughout the island into a number of different camps.
Okinawa is home to MCAS Futnema and MCB Camp S. D. Butler, which includes: Camp Kinser; Camp Foster; Camp Courtney; Camp Hansen; Camp Schwab; and Camp Gonsalves / Jungle Warfare Training Center. Okinawa is also home to five USMC major commands: III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF); Marine Corps Base (MCB); 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG); 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV) and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW)
Navy presence on Okinawa includes Commander Fleet Activities, Okinawa with its tenant commands and the U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa on Camp Foster. Naval facilities are physically located throughout Okinawa (on Kadena Air Base, Camp Shields and White Beach Naval Facility). There is also a significant Air Force and Army presence on Okinawa located at Kadena Air Base and Torii Station.
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MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Named in honor of Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC, MOH.
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1978-03-31 |
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From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1980-06-18 |
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From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, CAMP FOSTER (Formally Camp Zukeran), OKINAWA, JAPAN
Named in honor of PFC William A. Foster, USMC, MOH.
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1979-02-05 |
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From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1979-02-05 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Opened in January 1956, named in honor of Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr., USMC, MOH
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, CAMP LESTER, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Named in honor of Corpsman Fred F. Lester, USN, MOH
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, CAMP KINSER (Makiminato Service Area), OKINAWA, JAPAN
Named in honor of Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser, USMC, MOH
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1978-10-11 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1979-01-22 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1981-06-24 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1979-01-22 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Named in honor of Pvt. Dale M. Hansen, USMC, MOH
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, TORII STATION, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Named for the Torii, or Japanese Shinto gate.
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1979-04-30 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1979-02-05 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Opened in 1959. Named in honor of PFC Albert E. Schwab, USMC, MOH
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1979-03-17 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1979-03-17 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
MARINE CORPS BASE SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, CAMP ONNA POINT, OKINAWA, JAPAN
Closed in 1981. Home of the Third Reconnaissance Battalion (Rein)
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1979-03-17 |
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From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1979-07-27 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, MCAS FUTENMA, OKINAWA, JAPAN
1st Marine Air Wing
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1979-01-16 |
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From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1980-01-22 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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1980-01-22 |
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Collectors request |
From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
US AIR FORCE BASE, USAF KADENA, OKINAWA, JAPAN
US ARMY BASE, TORII STATION, OKINAWA, JAPAN
US NAVY BASE, WHITE BEACH, OKINAWA, JAPAN
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Map of Okinawa and locations of the bases |
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