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The line was named in 1946 after Hugh Boyd Casey, the project engineer for Grant Heights. The line opened in 1943 as a freight-only line, and following the opening of Grant Heights, a passenger service was introduced in December 1947, with through services operated to and from the Tojo Line terminus at Ikebukuro, but ceased in February 1948. [1]
Flag of the Kanto Plainsman newspaper. The Kanto Plainsman was a consolidated United States Air Force newspaper out of Tachikawa Air Base from 1961 to 1970 covering news and events of that base, as well as Fuchu Air Station, Grant Heights Housing, Green Park Housing, Washington Heights Housing, Yamato Air Station, Showa Air Station, Iwo Jima, Marcus Island, Ofuna and other minor detached Air ...
Washington Heights was a United States Armed Forces housing complex located in Shibuya, Tokyo during the occupation of Japan by Allied forces. Constructed in 1946, it remained in operation until 1964, by which point all land had been returned to Japanese control.
Nerima ward office. Nerima (練馬区, Nerima-ku) is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.The ward refers to itself as Nerima City.. As of 1 May 2016, the ward has an estimated population of 721,858, with 323,296 households and a population density of 15,013 persons per km 2, while 15,326 foreign residents are registered and 21.6% of the ward's population is over the age of 65.
At the end of WWII, Casey was sent to Japan as part of the US occupation forces involved in engineering projects for the U.S. Army in Japan. While stationed at Haneda airdrome near Tokyo he was part of the project engineer of Washington Heights and Grant Heights housing developments for occupying forces. [4]
Japan has more than 300 high-rise buildings above 150 m (490 ft). [1] Unlike China, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia with skyscrapers exceeding 400 m (1,300 ft) in height, Japan's skyscrapers are relatively shorter. All buildings above 50 m (160 ft) must also be as earthquake-proof as possible and adhere to other strict structural standards.
After a brief period of inactivation, the 475th Air Base Wing was reactivated on 1 November 1971 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, replacing the 6100th Air Base Wing. At Yokota, the wing inherited a huge support complex, with some 47 sub-locations in all parts of Japan, including operation of Yokota and Tachikawa Air Bases , Fuchu and Chitose Air ...
The United States Forces Japan (USFJ) (Japanese: 在日米軍, Hepburn: Zainichi Beigun) is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo , Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command . [ 1 ]