NOTE:Publication of the Occupation Diary, First Cavalry Division (1945-1950) has appeared, as installments, on the Historian Corner on a monthly basis as time and space permitted. Each installment was subsequently moved to the History Annex Page when a new installment was published. All fourteen installments may now be viewed on the History Annex Page.

Continued: Installment 14:

A Japanese interurban train is shown at the loading ramp at Asaka, Japan. Camp Drake, headquarters of the First Cavalry Division, is located at Asaka and troops stationed at this post use these fast trains for off-duty jaunts to the Tokyo metropolitan area.

This view of the Division Race Track's home stretch also includes the jump hurdles inside the oval. Every year horse shows are presented by the Division Hunt Club in addition to horse races complete with pari-mutual betting facilities.

An Artillery Policeman stands guard at the entrance to Camp Drew, home of the First Cavalry Division's field artillery. The camp, a former Japanese aircraft plant, still bares evidence of the wrath of allied bombing during the last war.

A fleet of busses similar to the one pictured above link together Camp Drake and metropolitan Tokyo. Operated and owned by Japanese Nationals, cavalrymen pay fares in Yen for the 50-minute trip into town.

A view of the main entrance to Camp McGill, home of the First Cavalry Division's 5th Cavalry Regiment. The post, which is located 20 miles south of Yokohama, was formerly a Japanese Navy and Marine training center.

The tanks of Company "A" 71st Heavy Tank Battalion take the long trail to Mount Fuji from their camp at Chigasaki to participate in division field exercises.

This impressive building housing Division Artillery Headquarters of the First Cavalry Division at Camp Drew was a former Japanese aircraft factory.

Elements of the 16th Reconnaissance Company, First Cavalry Division, move out from their camp at Hiratsuka, Japan for a field problem at Sugama Beach. Formerly based at Camp Drake, the unit is the "eyes" of the division on all tactical maneuvers.

Counterpart to the American taxicab is the Japanese rickshaw. Powered by foot these vehicles constitute one of the most popular modes of transportation in metropolitan areas. Shown above, a cavalryman and his wife go sight-seeing in Tokyo.

Answering the needs for spiritual guidance and religious worship is the Division Chapel located at Camp Drake.

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