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During Christmas 1952, the NCO and Officers' Wives Clubs sponsored a Christmas party for 600 Japanese children from the local community. The clubs raised money for gifts and collected clothes for the children. (U.S. Air Force Photo)


Christmas 1952

During Christmas 1952, the NCO and Officers' Wives Clubs sponsored a Christmas party for 600 Japanese children from the local community. The clubs raised money for gifts and collected clothes for the children. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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A magazine displays the day when a plaque was made at the Gosser Golf Course to honor Ret. Maj. Delbert Gosser, a 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron pilot, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 27, 2017. Gosser passed of injuries after ejecting and crashing an F-100 near Misawa in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
Debra Buchanan, daughter of Ret. Maj. Delbert Gosser, a former 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron pilot, visited the Gosser Golf Course at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 27, 2017. Buchanan said just from memory alone she was able to draw a map of Misawa Air Base from when she lived here in 1962. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
Debra Buchanan, daughter of Ret. Maj. Delbert Gosser, a former 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron pilot, poses with a plaque during her visit at the Gosser Golf Course at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 27, 2017. Gosser died in a crash in the Pacific ocean near Misawa 10 minutes after take-off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
Shinichi Baba, left, the Gosser Golf Course assistant manager, Joshua Soldan, center left, the 35th Force Support Squadron community services flight chief, Debra Buchanan, center right, daughter of Ret. Maj. Delbert Gosser, a former 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron pilot, and Todd Toohey, right, the Gosser Golf Course manager, look at magazine clippings at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 27, 2017. Buchanan visited the golf course in honor of her father who passed away from injuries of an aircraft crash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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