Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1948, Tokyo, T�ky�                                Blondie get me mr.8umsteaoon the phone rights. Away some girl wants on the phone is or. Bumstead there. I m not afraid to Fisl answer the phone never mind Bumstead cancel Thatcall-1 Haven t time to talk operator operator Trace that Call my life depends hello hello wait Don t hang hello of my " goodness inv itunes is a finite inc., world rights reserved. / Vou should t j \ let yourself a get so it was just. Or. Dithers he had the girl at the office switch boar 6 Call you i heard i to m i moved to the main Island Honshu and their present base at Itami which was formerly a japanese air station. Approximately 50 first line army and Navy fighters were stationed there during the wai7tb into eff ceif Amie ridani2d, Stin a futile attempt to save the industries of Osaka from bombing. The modern terminal which now houses Itamar base operations has been remodeler from one of the japanese buildings and the Airfield Beacon blinks from a scar red Concrete pillar which was All that remained of a japanese weather station after a bombing and strafing attack by american planes late in the War. Itami is so ideally situated on the japanese archipelago tha t the 38th continues its never ending search for new and better air attack techniques which have made it a Leader in Light bombardment tactics. Officers and men Are proud of their record of no fatal accidents at Itami since november 1947, during which 19,123 hours of aircraft time have been accumulated. Point ing for second Tours of duty with their wartime outfit including Cap Tain John e. Butler of Colton Calif and it. Douglas e. Hagie of Neillsville wis., who. Saw action with the38th during Pacific Campaign Days. With both Novice and combat sea soned flyers in its squadrons the 38th maintains a High degree of specialized training and today stands ready Asj a bulwark of american Sybril to tag me from this base the combat veterans Aie Row return age 1 l.s1 siiri fir stripes